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Copper sheathing from H.M.S. 'Bounty'
A fragment of copper sheathing from HMS 'Bounty' said to have been picked up on the beach at Pitcairn Island by Midshipman J. P. Blackett of HMS 'Actaeon' in 1836, and given to the museum by a descendant.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0767 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Copper sheathing |
| Display location: | Display - Pacific Encounters Gallery |
| Vessels: | Bounty (purchased 1787) |
| Date made: | ca. 1787 |
| People: | Blackett, J P |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 183 mm x 160 mm x 25 mm |