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Model commemoration anchor
Model anchor commemorating the loss of the ship of the line 'Royal George', which sank at Spithead in 1782. A small iron anchor with no stock in a square green cardboard box. On the lid of the box: 'Watch maker, hair worker T. Bonner Jeweller, North Street, Brighton.' In pencil on the base of the box: 'Anchor made from iron recovered from the Royal George.' On a paper inside: 'This anchor is made from iron got up from the wreck of Royal George. 60 years under water.'
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0368 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Model anchor |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | T. Bonner |
| Vessels: | Royal George (1756) |
| Date made: | ca.1840 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 16 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm |
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