3rd Nov, 2015 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Encounter')
68
[M] A RARE CRIMEAN WAR RUSSIAN NAVAL ENSIGN AND...
both comprising hand-stitched bunting panels of edged blue and white with canvas sleeves, the upper hem of the ensign bearing a sewn panel reading This Russian Ensign and Ansg. Pendant [sic] was taken from one of their boats at Sebastopol, by Mr. W.H. Cruys, CBM of H.M.S. Albion on the 9th (altered by hand to the 10th) Sept. 1855, the larger -- 33 x 49in. (84 x 125cm.)
(2)
At 3,111 tons, H.M.S. Albion was the largest 2-decker sailing ship built for the Royal Navy and the only example of her type designed by the controversial Sir William Symonds. Laid down at Plymouth in 1839 and launched in September 1842, she served first in the Channel Fleet (from 1843-48) and thereafter in the Mediterranean from 1849. One of the last sailing ships to see significant action, she was so badly damaged at the first bombardment of Sebastopol (17th October 1854) during the Crimean War that she had to be towed out of the line of battle and taken to Malta for repairs, returning to the Black Sea the next year. Although converted to screw propulsion in 1860-61, she never put to sea as a steam ship and was broken up as obsolete in 1884.
Sold for £12,400
Estimated at £400 - £600
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
Condition Report
condition commensurate with age and usage at sea but both extremely rare survivals
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both comprising hand-stitched bunting panels of edged blue and white with canvas sleeves, the upper hem of the ensign bearing a sewn panel reading This Russian Ensign and Ansg. Pendant [sic] was taken from one of their boats at Sebastopol, by Mr. W.H. Cruys, CBM of H.M.S. Albion on the 9th (altered by hand to the 10th) Sept. 1855, the larger -- 33 x 49in. (84 x 125cm.)
(2)
At 3,111 tons, H.M.S. Albion was the largest 2-decker sailing ship built for the Royal Navy and the only example of her type designed by the controversial Sir William Symonds. Laid down at Plymouth in 1839 and launched in September 1842, she served first in the Channel Fleet (from 1843-48) and thereafter in the Mediterranean from 1849. One of the last sailing ships to see significant action, she was so badly damaged at the first bombardment of Sebastopol (17th October 1854) during the Crimean War that she had to be towed out of the line of battle and taken to Malta for repairs, returning to the Black Sea the next year. Although converted to screw propulsion in 1860-61, she never put to sea as a steam ship and was broken up as obsolete in 1884.
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art ('Encounter'), 3rd Nov, 2015
