A LAUNCHING CASKET FROM H.M.S. ABOUKIR (1848)
comprising a turned gavel, and etched chisel inscribed ABOUKIR OF 90 GUNS LAUNCHED APRIL 1848 MARY LOUIS, contained in original fitted box with sliding lid and manuscript plaque with details -- 11in. (28cm.) wide

One of seven 2nd Rate 'Albion' Class vessels designed by Sir William Symonds in 1839, Aboukir was laid down in 1840 at Plymouth Dockyard. Whilst she was launched in 1848, she remained in Ordinary, uncompleted as a sailing ship and was converted to screw propulsion in 1856. She served as a Receiving Ship in Jamaica between 1863-1877 when she was sold and broken up in 1878.

Condition Report
Some discolouration and pitting to chisel, partially obscuring inscription. Paper label brittle and cracked but apparently complete.

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