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An oak carving of a book made from the timber of the HMS Malta.
The book bears inscriptions to both sides, one side reading:
‘THIS FRAGMENT OF THE MALTA. FORMERLY LE’GUILLAUME TELL OF 84 GUNS. BEARING AN ADMIRALS FLAG ACKNOWLEDGES HER FRENCH ORIGIN AND RECORDS HER CAPTURE BY CAPTAIN MANLEY DIXON. SIR EDWARD BERRY & HENRY BLACKWOOD IN THE LION, FOUDROYANT AND PENELOPE AFTER A BLOODY ACTION ON THE 30TH DAY OF MARCH 1800'.
The other side reads:
‘BROKEN UP JULY 1840’ & to the spine is: ‘MALTA 1800’.
English, c.1840.
HMS Malta was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had previously served with the French Navy as the Tonnant-class Guillaume Tell, but was captured in the Mediterranean in 1800 by a British squadron enforcing the blockade of French-occupied Malta. Having served the French for less than four years from her completion in July 1796 to her capture in March 1800, she would eventually serve the British for forty years.
Dimensions
Measures 15.3 x 8.4 x 2cm.The BADA Standard
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