H.M.S Dwarf with Woodcroft's Patent Varying Pitch Screw Propeller 1844. Diagrammatic view of hull<br>
Print depicting a diagrammatic view of the propeller and hull of the HMS Dwarf. The Dwarf was the first screw vessel in the Royal Navy when it was bought in 1843. It was originally built in Liverpool and launched in 1834 as the Mermaid, and then adapted at Blackwall in 1842, becoming an Iron Screw vessel.
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Barlow, H B (artist); Cheffins, C B (engraver)</div>
1 July 1848<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1848-07-01T00:00:00Z/11</div>
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