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Launching casket
Launching casket HMS 'Condor' 1876. A mahogany box with a hinged lid lined with purple velvet. It contains a photo of Alexander Moore (Chief Constructor of HM Dockyard Devonport), a chisel, mallet and a wooden shield around which the rope was coiled before being cut during the launching. Engraved on the chisel blade: 'HMS CONDOR, 8 GUNS / Launched by mIss Annie Moore / 28th Decr. 1876'.
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0232 |
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| Type: | Launching casket |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Condor (1876) |
| Date made: | 1876 |
| People: | Moore, Alexander |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 90 x 295 x 200 mm |
| Parts: | Launching casket |