The Experimental Brigs. H. M. Brig Mutine 12 Guns

Object summary

Title: The Experimental Brigs. H. M. Brig Mutine 12 Guns
Object ID: CC-F-0183
Date made: 1844
Place made: United Kingdom, England, England, London; United Kingdom, Portsmouth, Portsmouth
Publisher: Ackermann & Co.; Foster, George; Hinton, A.
Printmaker: Day & Son Ltd.
Lithographer: Vernon, Henry John
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

In September 1844, a group of five of the newest brigs, called the Experimental Squadron, were brought together to conduct sailing trails to test their new ship designs against the older ships, such as the 'Cruiser' (1828), the 'Pantaloon' (1831), and the 'Waterwitch' (1837), which were then considered the Navy's best performing designs. Under the Captain Armar Lowry Corry, 14 runs were made under varying conditions, and a detail report produced. The results were inconclusive. However, the newer designs were generally considered improvements.

In this print, the Experimental Squadron brig, 'Mutine,' sails alongside other ships of the Squadron. She is the largest ship in the left middleground with her port side visible. A smaller, single-mast sailing vessel if in sails perpendicular towards the 'Mutine.' The ships are identified as part of the Squadron by the text on the top margin, and each brig is identified by the corresponding names below the image.