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Description: | Spanish ship blown up by General Elliot, siege of Gibraltar 1780
This Piece of Cedar was taken from the remains of H.M Ship Gibraltar built by the Spaniards and launched at the Havenna in the year 1751, by the name of the Phoenix, captured by Sir George Rodney in the year 1780 when commanded by Adml Langara - the admirals Flag was present to his late Majesty George the Third by his son Prince William Henry then a midshipman in the Fleet - this ship was taken to pieces at Pembroke Dockyard in 1836.
Round wooden box containing a fragment of wood. Label on wood: 'Spanish ship blown up by General Elliot, Siege of Gibraltar 1780'
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caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Gibraltar 1751 (HMS) boxes | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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