Diving bell model
Model of a diving bell used during the operations by Captain Thomas Dickinson, for the recovery of treasure from the wreck of the 'Thetis' (1817), a 46 gun frigate, wrecked off Cape Frio, Brazil. One of a series of six models; see SLR0687, SLR0688, SLR0689, SLR0690 and SLR0691.
Object Details
| ID: | SLR1806 |
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| Collection: | Ship models |
| Type: | Diving bell model |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Thetis (1817) |
| Date made: | 1831 |
| People: | Dickinson, Thomas; Dickinson, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Royal United Service Institution Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 82 x 93 x 75 mm |