Maritiem Digitaal
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inventarisnummer | WPN1106
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collectie | Edged Weapons
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museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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datum | circa 1802
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omschrijving | Slotted hilted sword- the hilt of the sword consists of a gilt- knuckle-guard with anchors and shell motif decoration. The sword has a lion's-head pommel. No binding remains on the grip- which has a groove spiralling- round it. The steel blade is curved- with a 11mm wide groove running within 25mm of point and a second groove near the back- 5mm wide- running to within 191mm of the point- after which this point the blade is double-edged.
This sword was originally offered to the National Maritime Museum as having belonged to Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810)- but the only evidence brought in support of this claim was that the sword had been purchased in 1870 at a sale at Mitford- Yorkshire and that the Butler of the Mitford Family had served the Collingswood's in his youth. It is more likely that the sword belonged to Admiral Robert Mitford (1781-1870)- and that a Mr Ashton- whose daughter passed it to the National Maritime Museum- purchased it at a sale of Admiral Robert Mitford's effects.
Admiral Robert Mitford was born on the 26th January 1781; he entered the Royal Navy on the 8th October 1794 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on the 13th January 1802. He became a Commander on the 16th February 1807; a Captain on the 31st March 1813 and subsequently invalided. He became a Rear-Admiral (ret'd.) on the 1st October 1846; a Vice-Admiral on the 28th December 1855 and was promoted to an Admiral on the 11th February 1861- he died in 1870.
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afmetingen | Blade: 708 x 32 mm
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