Artwork : ArchiveNo00138
Foremast 1787
Artefact
Contributor
| ContributionForm | |
|---|---|
| Contributor Name | HMS Victory |
| Contributor Image | Peter_Goodwin_pic.jpg |
| Profession | |
| Location | Portsea |
| Collection Date | 05.06.08 4.20pm |
| Artefact Name | Foremast |
| Artefact Description | The Foremast was made up of seven sections from seven trees. This is a section of the Foremast made from soft pine. It is 3ft in diameter approx. The pine would be Baltic or Norwegian. It is three metres long with iron hoops. |
| Artefact Date | 1787 |
| Artefact Stored | Middle gun deck by the main mast, HMS Victory |
| Artefact Form | |
| Artefact Image | mast.jpg |
| Sample Taken | Chip from the inside of the mast |
| Sample Image | |
| History of Artefact |
It was used from 1801 – 1807. The Foremast has a shot hole straight through it from the battle of Trafalgar in 1805. The hole was probably made from the ‘Bucentaure’, the French ship, from which Nelson was shot. It is made from soft pine which makes it resinous, flexible and light in weight. This would have made the ship balance and not be top heavy. The section was originally 112ft long. A Composite mast was made up of a series of sections bound together with iron hoops. They adapted the French concept for Composite masts. ‘There is a horse shoe nailed on to the Foremast by a seaman who was on the Victory.’ Historian - Peter Goodwin |
| Historian | Peter Goodwin |
| Previous Owners | None |
| Special Memories |
‘The French were kicked out of America and subsequently lost their supply of masts. Then, the British fell out with the Americans and also lost their supply. So the French had to engineer a new system of making masts.’ Historian - Peter Goodwin |
| Artwork Image | 00138_web.jpg |
| I | Attachmentb | Action | Size |
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 jpg |
00138_web.jpg | manage | 552.1 K |
| jpg |
Peter_Goodwin_pic.jpg | manage | 61.0 K |
| jpg |
mast.jpg | manage | 59.7 K |
| jpg |
mast1.jpg | manage | 50.3 K |
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