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.".
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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 |