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H.M. Frigate

from Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection

• 18 older comments, and then…
• beachcomber australia said:

  Please State Records NSW, a larger version of this to see if we can find the name of the ship from the sailors' headbands.
  
  "Frigate" is a type of ship - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate .

• beachcomber australia said:

  Pretty please ? !

• pellethepoet said:

  ... (with sugar on top)?
  
  There sure are a lot of frigates to choose from (I'm assuming its a steam frigate because of the presence of what looks like a pressure gauge).
  
  Here's some info on rifled muzzle loaders

• Museums of History NSW - State Archives Collection said:

  Sorry folks, here you go!

• beachcomber australia said:

  Thanks State Records NSW.
  
  Alas, no name headbands on the sailors' hats, but the hi-res is astounding, showing a wealth of detail. The pressure gauge looks like a rudder direction indicator. The clock says 14:05.
  
  There is something engraved on the cannon muzzle which looks like a "D", a name and a date (1883?) . It might be the name of the ship, or the name of the cannon manufacturer. Can anyone decipher it?

PRESIDENTE SARMIENTO ARG (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• tacit geese said:

  thanks very much for sharing.

• swanq said:

  See www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3478770168/

Figurehead, Battleship MACEDONIA (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• aware health said:

  The "Macedonian" was a British ship captured by Stephen Decatur during the War of 1812. militaryhistory.about.com/od/naval/p/sdecatur.htm

• swanq said:

  NYT of March 15, 1891 query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9807EFD81239E033A... describes the figurehead of the Macedonian, a bust of Minerva, as being at the Naval Academy in Annapolis.

• Richard Norton said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Macedonian_(1810)

• Art Siegel said:

  Apparently, a bust of Alexander the Great, not Minerva as reported in 1891:
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonian_Monument
  siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=G1I98...
  
  
  see also (and also at the Naval Academy) but possibly mislabeled as being from the Macedonian?
  
  www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28833238
  
  Though perhaps BBC has it wrong, as the 1891 NYT article also describes the lion statue:
  query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9807EFD81239E0...