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Image number: RS.10075
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Chart of the cove showing the wreck of H.M.S.Thetis
Date
1834
Creator
John Frederick Fitzgerald De Roos (1804 - 1861, British) , Naval officer
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Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 296mm
width (drawing): 231mm
width (drawing): 231mm
Subject
Description
Chart of a cove at Cape Frio [Cabo Frio] in the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. The drawing shows the wreck of H.M.S Thetis and the positions of recovered stores. Lines on the map indicate the positions of cables and a hawser used in the salvage of cargo by the crew of H.M.S Algerine.
The Royal Navy ship H.M.S.Thetis struck rocks and sank off the coast of Brazil in December 1830 carrying a large cargo of gold and silver. Much of this was recovered by diving operations during the following year.
Illustration from the paper "An account of some operations executed at Cape Frio by the officers and crew of H.M.S. Algerine for the purpose of raising a part of the stores &c lost in H.M.S Thetis” by Commander J F F de Roos, RN. Received by the Royal Society on 14 January 1834, the paper was read to the Society, concluding on 27 February 1834, but was not published in full: an abstract appeared in Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.3, 1830-1837, pp.266-267.
Inscribed in ink: “COVE where H.M.S.THETIS was wrecked Decr. 4th 1831 showing the position of the STORES & TREASURE which were recovered.“ Scale 2 inches to 300 feet. Signed lower left; “F. De Roos del.”
John Frederick Fitzgerald de Roos was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831.
The Royal Navy ship H.M.S.Thetis struck rocks and sank off the coast of Brazil in December 1830 carrying a large cargo of gold and silver. Much of this was recovered by diving operations during the following year.
Illustration from the paper "An account of some operations executed at Cape Frio by the officers and crew of H.M.S. Algerine for the purpose of raising a part of the stores &c lost in H.M.S Thetis” by Commander J F F de Roos, RN. Received by the Royal Society on 14 January 1834, the paper was read to the Society, concluding on 27 February 1834, but was not published in full: an abstract appeared in Proceedings of the Royal Society, vol.3, 1830-1837, pp.266-267.
Inscribed in ink: “COVE where H.M.S.THETIS was wrecked Decr. 4th 1831 showing the position of the STORES & TREASURE which were recovered.“ Scale 2 inches to 300 feet. Signed lower left; “F. De Roos del.”
John Frederick Fitzgerald de Roos was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1831.
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