H.M. Steam Sloops "Rattler" and "Alecto" Towing Stern to Stern

Print, coloured lithograph, 'H.M. Steam Sloops "Rattler" and "Alecto" Towing Stern to Stern, for the purpose of testing the relative powers of the Screw Propeller and the Paddle Wheel... in the North Sea during a perfect calm on the 3rd of April 1845, on which occasion the Rattler towed the Alecto stern foremost.at the rate of two miles and eight tenths per hour. Both vessels exerting their full power in opposite directions' / unattributed, 1845

Collection

Science Museum

Inventory Number

3024276

Title

H.M. Steam Sloops "Rattler" and "Alecto" Towing Stern to Stern

Object Type

PhysicalObject

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