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Wreck of HMS Captain

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Suggested by ~RD-DD1843, an approximation of the wreck of HMS Captain.

Built as a test-bed for gun turrets, insistance on having sails meant the necessity to site the turrets essentially within the hull, giving terrily low freeboard - a 4 degree list was sufficient to submerge the deck.

In September 1870 she capsized and foundered in a gale in the Bay of Biscay. Only 20 survived out of over 500.
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Nice sketch - is this from diving on the wreck?  My grandfather's cousin John Gribble was one of the survivors.  I have postcard and photo of the survivors (18)