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inventarisnummerWPN1062 
collectieEdged Weapons    
museumNational Maritime Museum, Greenwich   National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
datumcirca 1797  
omschrijvingDutch S-bar hilted sword- reputed to have belonged to Vice-Admiral William Bligh (1754-1817). The hilt of the sword consists of a half-basket- open knuckle-guard- with a large anchor forming one of the bars. The straight quillons have a rounded knob at the end. The sword has a plain rounded brass pommel- a tang button and a back-piece. The white fish-skin grip is bound with three gilt wires. There is a plain gilt band at the base of the grip. The curved- flat-backed steel blade has one broad shallow groove running to within 102mm of the point. The blade is not decorated. This sword is described by Captain Bosanquet in 'The Naval Officer's Sword' as a cutlass or hanger- but it is definitely a regulation sword of the type introduced in 1772. Bosanquet further mentions that the sword was shown in the Royal Naval Exhibition of 1891 as Number 2670- with a label stating that the sword was a 'Sword of the Dutch Admiral delivered up to Captain Bligh on the quarter deck of the Director 11 October 1797'. The Dutch Admiral is likely to been Vice-Admiral Reijntjes in his flagship 'Jupiter'. It is possible that this sword was acquired by Vice-Admiral William Bligh on that occasion but corroborative evidence is lacking. 
afmetingenOverall: 75 x 840 x 130 mm; Blade: 705 x 33 mm   
 

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