H. M. S. Pique

Object summary

Title: H. M. S. Pique
Object ID: CC-F-0179
Date made: 1844
Place made: United Kingdom, England, England, London; United Kingdom, Portsmouth, Portsmouth
Maker: Brierly, Sir Oswald Walter; Day & Haghe; Fry, Edmund
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

A tinted lithograph of a three-quarter, starboard view of the experimental frigate HMS 'Pique.' Designed by controversial Chief Surveyor of the Navy, William Symonds, she was the first of a new class of medium-sized frigates. In the 1830s, she was part of the Experimental Squadron, which were groups of old and new ships sent out in trial cruises to test new techniques of ship design, armament, building, and propulsion. In the print, the 'Pique' navigates to the right near a hilly coastline.