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HMS Serpent
Wooden figurehead from HMS 'Serpent' (1887). The figurehead depicted a bearded Indian snake charmer wearing a peaked cap. It is finished with polychrome oil paint: its head, hand and most of one side are missing but survive in private hands. The ship was a torpedo cruiser of 1770 tons built at Devonport Dockyard in 1887 and wrecked on 10 November 1890 near Corcubion Bay in Northern Spain.
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Object Details
| ID: | FHD0103 |
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| Collection: | Figureheads |
| Type: | Figurehead |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | H.M.S. Serpent |
| Date made: | 1887 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 1340 mm x 381 mm x 240 mm x 18 kg |
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