WARSHIP of GREAT BRITAIN 1779 Poster

Italian Language panel dedicated to a cornucopia of details about the construction and workings of the various parts of a British Man of War ship of 1779. HMS Serapis was a Royal Navy two-decked, Roebuck-class fifth rate. Randall & Brent built her at Greenland South Dockyard, Rotherhithe and launched her in 1779. She was armed with 44 guns (twenty 18-pounders, twenty 9-pounders, and four 6-pounders). Serapis was named after the god Serapis in Greek and Egyptian mythology. The Americans captured her during the American Revolutionary War. They transferred her to the French, who commissioned her as a privateer. She was lost off Madagascar in 1781 to a fire. Although in Italian, it's fairly easy to understand what is labelled and plenty of items shown in great detail that are sure to spark curiosity and conversation.