item details
NameShip Fragments
Production1782; England
Classificationfragments, ships
Registration NumberGH003001
Credit lineGift of Mr W.H. Davis, 1886
Overview
This fragment was taken from the wreck of HMS Royal George, a British warship which sank in Portsmouth Harbour in 1782. The fragment was sawn from the wreck by Mr. W.H. Davis of Wellington, who presented it to the Colonial Museum in 1886.