26th Apr, 2022 10:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter)
237A
[M] RELICS OF H.M.S. CAPTAIN, CIRCA 1870
RELICS OF H.M.S. CAPTAIN, CIRCA 1870
a wooden cruciform frame containing a leather leaf In Memory of the 500 Gallant British Seamen & Mariners who perished in H.M.S. “Captain” and a small piece of treen in the form of a book with a cross and a notice of the Captain’s sinking; together with photographic print of the Captain foundering in the morning of 7 September 1870 -- 9¼ x 11½in. (23 x 29cm.)
The Captain was completed in January 1870 but owing to Captain Coles’ illness the designed freeboard was just 8ft and the additional weight forced her to flat 22in. deeper than expected, to be proved fatal following her gun trials off Cape Finistere early in September 1870. 472 lives were lost and only 27 of the crew survived.
RELICS OF H.M.S. CAPTAIN, CIRCA 1870
a wooden cruciform frame containing a leather leaf In Memory of the 500 Gallant British Seamen & Mariners who perished in H.M.S. “Captain” and a small piece of treen in the form of a book with a cross and a notice of the Captain’s sinking; together with photographic print of the Captain foundering in the morning of 7 September 1870 -- 9¼ x 11½in. (23 x 29cm.)
The Captain was completed in January 1870 but owing to Captain Coles’ illness the designed freeboard was just 8ft and the additional weight forced her to flat 22in. deeper than expected, to be proved fatal following her gun trials off Cape Finistere early in September 1870. 472 lives were lost and only 27 of the crew survived.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Peter), 26th Apr, 2022
Order of Sale:
Mercantile (Sail) – 1-97
Mercantile (Steam) – 100-162
Naval (Sail) – 165-236
Naval (Steam) – 237-318
Navigational & Scientific Instruments – 320-380
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