HM Ship Doris rounding the Horn 11 Feb 1827

Port bow view of the ‘Doris’ on turbulent waves near Cape Horn ‘rounding the Horn’, a term traditionally understood to involve sailing from 50 degrees south on one coast to 50 degrees south on the other coast. Watercolour.

Object Details

ID: PAG9774
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hornbrook, Thomas Lyde
Vessels: Doris (1808)
Date made: 1808; 11 Feb 1827
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 282 x 366 mm; Mount: 18 7/8 in x 25 in
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