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Description: | Main royal masthead from French flagship 'L'Orient' which exploded during the battle of the Nile. Lord Minto mentions it on display at Nelson's house at Merton in 1802. Pine mast with iron fitting, contains a sheave to take the signal halyard. A brass lightning conductor inscribed 'L'Orient' is attached to the top, bent in a loop. The whole, fixed to a square stand. [It is probably more accurate to date it to 'circa 1795', since the ship was under construction in 1793 (when the British failed to burn her on the stocks at Toulon) and it was certainly made and fitted before the Battl;e of the Nile when it was taken up from the sea after 'L' Orient' exploded. PvdM 2/13]
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caption: Main royal masthead from French flagship 'L'Orient' which exploded during the battle of the Nile. Cut out to white of D4721.
caption: Lightening conductor from Royal masthead of L'Orient | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Royal United Service Institution Horatio The Nile Nelson The National Maritime Museum - The Collections Nelson the man mast trucks The Authentic Nelson Emma Hamilton main royal masts Nelson & Napol�on Nelson's great battles L'Orient fl.1798 (French) Treasures of the National Maritime Museum Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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