Wrapper Front only, addressed to a Norfolk minister by Robert Woodrow, Seaman on Board H.M.Ship Temeraire, also signed “Jno.Salmon, Lieut. & Com[mandin]g Officer” by NAVAL. H.M.S.Temeraire, 1830
by NAVAL. H.M.S.Temeraire, 1830
Wrapper Front only, addressed to a Norfolk minister by Robert Woodrow, Seaman on Board H.M.Ship Temeraire, also signed Jno.Salmon, Lieut. & Com[mandin]g Officer
by NAVAL. H.M.S.Temeraire, 1830
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30 October 1830. 3 x 5½ inches, laid down. Paid handstamp. HMS Temeraire was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy (launched 1798) which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar. Temeraire served as a prison ship from 18121815 and as a receiving ship until 1836 when she was briefly recommissioned. She was sold and broken up in 1838. She became famous as the subject of two paintings by J. M. W. Turner, one showing her at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the other showing her being towed to the breaker's yard in 1838.
- Bookseller Julian Browning Rare Books & Manuscripts (GB)
- Book Condition Used
- Place of Publication 30 October 1830