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2. Figurehead (object) - Wikipedia

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   An exception was HMS Rodney which was the last British battleship to carry a figurehead. [6] Smaller ships of the Royal Navy continued to carry them. The last example may well have been the sloop HMS Cadmus launched in 1903. [7] Her sister ship Espiegle was the last to sport a figurehead until her breaking up in 1923. Early steamships sometimes ...

3. Hellyer & Sons - Wikipedia

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   The figurehead of HMS Elfin can be seen within the collection of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth. [19] HMS Vernon: 1849 Yes Yes Hellyer & Son carved the second figurehead fitted to the ship after the first decayed. This figurehead was based off of a second design after Hellyer's first was rejected in favour of one looking like ...

4. HMS Surprise (replica ship) - Wikipedia

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   The ship was sold to the 20th Century Fox film studio in March 2001, [8] and underwent extensive modifications to be used in the making of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, in which she portrayed the Royal Navy frigate HMS Surprise with a story based on several of the books by Patrick O'Brian. The modifications included ...

5. Blue Jacket (clipper) - Wikipedia

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   After the loss of the ship, "the figurehead of the Blue Jacket was found washed up on the shore of the Rottnest Island, off Fremantle, Western Australia". [1] The figurehead washed ashore 21 months later, roughly 6,000 miles (9,700 km) from the location where Blue Jacket burned – . The average speed of drift for the figurehead was calculated ...

6. HMS Actaeon (1831) - Wikipedia

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   Once work on Actaeon ' s figurehead was complete, it would have been transported to Portsmouth Dockyard ready for the ship's launch. It was not uncommon for figureheads to be carved in a different location to the ship's build; whoever came up with the most favoured design won the contract, and that could place the figurehead anywhere in the ...

7. Sydney Cumbers - Wikipedia

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   Sydney "Long John Silver" Cumbers (27 October 1875 – 10 September 1959) was a British businessman and collector of Merchant Navy memorabilia. He was noted for his large collection of ships' figureheads that he maintained at his house in Gravesend, and which he later donated to the Cutty Sark museum.