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Dried fish from 'Royal George' wreck
Dried fish retrieved from the wreck site of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. Glass phial, corked and sealed with red sealing wax, containing a small dried fish. Handwritten label stuck round phial reads: 'Fish blown up from the Royal George in the gt. explosion at Spithead Augt...'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0328 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Dried fish |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Royal George (1756) |
| Date made: | circa 1839 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 121 mm; Diameter: 25 mm |
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