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His Majesty's Ship the Grafton Commodore Charles Holmes, Commander, As she sailed to England with a Machine Constructed instead of her Rudder, which she lost in the late storm off Louisbourgh. Drawn by an Officer on Board. Engraved for the Universal Magazine for J Hinton at the Kings Arms in Newgate Street London 1758
HMS Grafton, commanded by Commodore Charles Holmes, is depicted sailing home to England with a jury rudder, which was constructed in place of the rudder that she had lost in a storm off Louisbourgh. The engraving was apparently taken from a drawing made by one of the ship's officers.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD5954 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Boyce; Hinton, J. Universal Magazine |
| Vessels: | Grafton (1750) |
| Date made: | 1758 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 200 mm x 243 mm |