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H.M.S. 'Captain' wood fragment
Small piece of pine from HMS 'Captain' 1869. Label: ' Part of the bowsprit of H.M.S. "Captain" Iron-clad Turret Ship, lost in a squall off Cape Finisterre, 12.15 am 7. Sept. 1870. Capt H.T. Burgoyne. V.C. with Capt. Couper Coles. R.N. the designer and 481 others were lost.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0235 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Timber |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Captain (1869) |
| Date made: | 1869; 1870 |
| People: | Royal United Service Institution |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 6 mm x 89 mm x 46 mm |
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