The Loss of HMS Captain - September 1870

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General Memorabilia

 

Various documents and other bits and pieces have come to light, mainly from descendants, as detailed below (click on title)

Old Photographs  

Paintings - small collection

Binnacle bolt with engraving

Fund Raising Concert programme

Letters from Seaman Robinson - set of four letters written from HMS Captain between May and August 1870

Memorial cards  - fundraising cards

Message from HMS Minotaur - one of the ships searching for HMS Captain

Construction Accounts - Nine pages detailing the cost

Letter from Walter Hedger - written on board HMS Captain, June 1870

Models of HMS Captain

Salvaged memorabilia - picked up by crew of HMS Monarch

Magic Lantern slide of HMS Captain

Tapestry picture of HMS Captain

Painted ostrich egg depicting HMS Captain

Piece of survivors boat fashioned as a book