HMS Racehorse sheathing
Date made: Built 1806
Description: Two pieces, crumpled, folded with pierced holes. Probably used as sheathing for the hull of the ship. Large copper plates were fixed with copper nails all along the hulls of ships to protect the wood from salt-water and pests.
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Measurements: 120mm x 56mm
Materials: copper alloy
Date found: 1984
Object name: sheathing
Collection: Archaeology Collection
ID number: 2022-0037/0084
Subject tags : #HMSRACEHORSE
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