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English: HMS Amethyst, in a gale in the Bay of Biscay, Sept 27/ 56

Gaff rigged three mast sailing boat

Probably HMS Amethyst (1844), Spartan-class 26-gun sixth rate launched in 1844 and sold in 1869 for use as a cable vessel.
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Very old watercolour in frame from unknown source.

HMS Amethyst, in a gale in the Bay of Biscay. Sept 27th 1856.
Author Unsigned, Unknown.

Bay of Biscay, Gale 27 Sept 1856.

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