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'Active'
Coloured lithograph showing the Active leaving Portsmouth harbour propelled by paddle-wheels devised by James Ryder Burton and fitted in 1819. Burton was promoted to commander November 1819 'as a reward for an invention for propelling ships of war during a calm.' (William R O'Byrne, "A Naval Biographical Dictionary", published by John Murray, 1849).
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Object details
| ID: | PAF7995 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
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| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Active (1799) |
| Date made: | 1799 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 202 mm x 272 mm |