The Pique Stone on display in Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

The Pique Stone on display in Portsmouth Dockyard. It is on a concrete base in a grassed area. A plaque mounted on the wall of a building in the background reads "Stone found enbedded in the hull of H.M.S. Pique, 40 guns, Captain The Honourable H J Rous, on her arrival at Portsmouth on the 13th October 1835. After having grounded on the rocks off Labrador on 22nd Sept. 1835. She sailed home without a rudder and leaking 3 ft per hour.". Propped up against the wall is an anchor with a plaque "Anchors found in Stokes Bay 1922. The pattern is that used early in the 19th Century.".

Object details

ID: N26290
Type: Negative
Materials: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Date made: 20 February 1947
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 89 mm x 120 mm