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HMS 'Vulcan' in Vittoriosa Harbour. Malta, 1854 (c)
Watercolour by Second Lieutenant William Thomas Markham (1830-1886), 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 1854 (c).
HMS 'Vulcan' was an iron-hulled screw frigate. Launched in 1849, she was converted to a troopship in 1851. During the Crimean War (1854-1856) she was also used to transport sick and wounded soldiers and for the movement of Russian prisoners to Constantinople.
From an album of watercolours and sketches by Colonel William Markham, 1820 (c) and Second Lieutenant William Thomas Markham, 1854 (c).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1999-02-105--9
Acknowledgement
Purchased with the assistance of the Society of Friends of the National Army Museum.
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1999-02-105--9