PZ0864-001

HMS 'Trafalgar' sailing into Malta Harbour with loss of her rudder head after a gale, 9 February 1852 Long Caption: Inscribed top left, 'HMS Trafalgar /sailing into Malta Harbour / with loss of rudder head / after the gale - Feby 9th 1852' and bottom 'Terrible', which identifies the naval auxiliary steamer in attendance to the right. The outlying fortification on the left is probably the seaward point of St Elmo, with two men rowing a Maltese dghaisa between it and the ship. The promontory on the left is the outlying end of Fort Ricasoli. Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAI0864 Artist: Captain George Pechell Mends Date: 1852 Medium: pen; ink; wash; watercolour Size: 255 mm x 372 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.