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Description: | A black and white photograph depicting the HMS Marlborough and the HMS Neptune anchored off a dock in Malta. The ship in the foreground is the HMS Marlborough viewed from her port side the ship is a first rate three-decked wooden screw ship with 131 guns the ship was constructed with screw propulsion on the 31st of July 1855 and was last commissioned in 1864 and sailed around the Mediterranean from 1858-1864. The ship in the background of the photograph depicts the HMS Neptune from her bow the ship was launched on the 27th September 1832. The ship is a first rate two-decker vessel made from wood and used sail propulsion. The ship had 120 guns when it used sail propulsion and had 89 guns when it was converted into screw on the 7th March 1859. The ship sailed around the Mediterranean from 1895 until 1862 and was last commissioned in 1862.
Material: paper, cardboard | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.maritimehistory.464456 | Go to resource |
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