File:His Majesty's Ship the Grafton Commodore Charles Holmes, Commander, As she sailed to England with a Machine Constructed instead of her Rudder, which she lost in the late storm off Louisbourgh. Drawn by an Officer on RMG PU5954.jpg
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Boyce; J. Hinton; Universal Magazine |
| Description |
English: His Majesty's Ship the Grafton Commodore Charles Holmes, Commander, As she sailed to England with a Machine Constructed instead of her Rudder, which she lost in the late storm off Louisbourgh. Drawn by an Officer on Board. Engraved for the Universal Magazine for J Hinton at the Kings Arms in Newgate Street London 1758 HMS Grafton, commanded by Commodore Charles Holmes, is depicted sailing home to England with a jury rudder, which was constructed in place of the rudder that she had lost in a storm off Louisbourgh. The engraving was apparently taken from a drawing made by one of the ship's officers. |
| Date | 1758 |
| Dimensions | Mount: 200 mm x 243 mm |
| Notes | Box Title: Fighting Ships 1750-1778. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/110105 |
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAD5954 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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