21st Oct, 2009 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory)
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[M] THE MAIN SHIP'S BELL FROM 74-GUN THIRD RATE...
THE MAIN SHIP'S BELL FROM 74-GUN THIRD RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE DEFIANCE (1783)
cast in bell bronze with mouldings to the rim and shoulder, cast with raised Government broad arrow mark and date '1812', impressed metal tag attached to crown reading Bell of the Defiance '74, broken up 1817 - 22½ x 21¼in. (57 x 54cm.)
One of eight Slade-designed "Elizabeth" class ships, Defiance was ordered from John Randall & John Brent at Rotherhithe in 1780, she was launched on 10th December, 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1795, 1797, and 1798. She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801, the Battle of Cape Finisterre on July 22, 1805, and the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805 where she captured the Spanish San Juan Nepomuceno and sustained casualties of 17 killed, 53 wounded. After refitting at Portsmouth she was recommissioned in March 1806 for Capt. Henry Hotham during which time she blockaded Rochefort and she assisted with the destruction of three French 40-gun frigates (La Cybele, Le Calypso and L'Italienn) at Sables d'Olonne on 24th February 1809. In December 1813 she was used as a temporary prison ship at Chatham, was laid up in ordinary between 1814-1815 and was broken up there in 1817. It is presumed that for an unknown reason it was necessary to fit her with an unnamed bell during her period as a prison ship, which remained aboard as she was not commissioned again.
cast in bell bronze with mouldings to the rim and shoulder, cast with raised Government broad arrow mark and date '1812', impressed metal tag attached to crown reading Bell of the Defiance '74, broken up 1817 - 22½ x 21¼in. (57 x 54cm.)
One of eight Slade-designed "Elizabeth" class ships, Defiance was ordered from John Randall & John Brent at Rotherhithe in 1780, she was launched on 10th December, 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1795, 1797, and 1798. She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801, the Battle of Cape Finisterre on July 22, 1805, and the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805 where she captured the Spanish San Juan Nepomuceno and sustained casualties of 17 killed, 53 wounded. After refitting at Portsmouth she was recommissioned in March 1806 for Capt. Henry Hotham during which time she blockaded Rochefort and she assisted with the destruction of three French 40-gun frigates (La Cybele, Le Calypso and L'Italienn) at Sables d'Olonne on 24th February 1809. In December 1813 she was used as a temporary prison ship at Chatham, was laid up in ordinary between 1814-1815 and was broken up there in 1817. It is presumed that for an unknown reason it was necessary to fit her with an unnamed bell during her period as a prison ship, which remained aboard as she was not commissioned again.
Sold for £1,860
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THE MAIN SHIP'S BELL FROM 74-GUN THIRD RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE DEFIANCE (1783)
cast in bell bronze with mouldings to the rim and shoulder, cast with raised Government broad arrow mark and date '1812', impressed metal tag attached to crown reading Bell of the Defiance '74, broken up 1817 - 22½ x 21¼in. (57 x 54cm.)
One of eight Slade-designed "Elizabeth" class ships, Defiance was ordered from John Randall & John Brent at Rotherhithe in 1780, she was launched on 10th December, 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1795, 1797, and 1798. She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801, the Battle of Cape Finisterre on July 22, 1805, and the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805 where she captured the Spanish San Juan Nepomuceno and sustained casualties of 17 killed, 53 wounded. After refitting at Portsmouth she was recommissioned in March 1806 for Capt. Henry Hotham during which time she blockaded Rochefort and she assisted with the destruction of three French 40-gun frigates (La Cybele, Le Calypso and L'Italienn) at Sables d'Olonne on 24th February 1809. In December 1813 she was used as a temporary prison ship at Chatham, was laid up in ordinary between 1814-1815 and was broken up there in 1817. It is presumed that for an unknown reason it was necessary to fit her with an unnamed bell during her period as a prison ship, which remained aboard as she was not commissioned again.
cast in bell bronze with mouldings to the rim and shoulder, cast with raised Government broad arrow mark and date '1812', impressed metal tag attached to crown reading Bell of the Defiance '74, broken up 1817 - 22½ x 21¼in. (57 x 54cm.)
One of eight Slade-designed "Elizabeth" class ships, Defiance was ordered from John Randall & John Brent at Rotherhithe in 1780, she was launched on 10th December, 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1795, 1797, and 1798. She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801, the Battle of Cape Finisterre on July 22, 1805, and the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805 where she captured the Spanish San Juan Nepomuceno and sustained casualties of 17 killed, 53 wounded. After refitting at Portsmouth she was recommissioned in March 1806 for Capt. Henry Hotham during which time she blockaded Rochefort and she assisted with the destruction of three French 40-gun frigates (La Cybele, Le Calypso and L'Italienn) at Sables d'Olonne on 24th February 1809. In December 1813 she was used as a temporary prison ship at Chatham, was laid up in ordinary between 1814-1815 and was broken up there in 1817. It is presumed that for an unknown reason it was necessary to fit her with an unnamed bell during her period as a prison ship, which remained aboard as she was not commissioned again.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Victory), 21st Oct, 2009
