HMS Racehorse sheet
Date made: Built 1806
Description: Thin and bent with twelve pierced holes on the edge, two broad arrow marks (to the left in image). Large copper plates were fixed with copper nails all along the hulls of ships to protect the wood from salt-water and pests.
Read about HMS Racehorse (1702)
Measurements: 403 mm x 206 mm
Materials: copper alloy
Object name: sheet
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 1969-0293/6
Subject tags : #HMSRACEHORSE