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| Keywords: PottingerShip.jpg zh 砵甸乍爵士號 en This thrilling portrayal shows the barque Sir Henry Pottinger during a cyclone in the Indian Ocean on 14 January 1848 The painting is both accurate and dramatic with the moonlit rolling seas typical of Heard's style <br /> The ship was returning from Calcutta when she encountered a storm off Ceylon She lost her foremast two upper sections of the main mast and the mizzen top mast which covered the deck with a tangle of wreckage The crew fought bravely to minimise damage and the next day were able to use the salvaged remains to reconstruct the masts At the same time they realised that the 14-year old apprentice had been lost http //www liverpoolmuseums org uk/maritime/collections/artsea/paintings/1840-1860/sirhenrypottinger aspx www liverpoolmuseums org uk oil canvas cm 71 91 between 1848 1859 <br /> 2006 11 19 original upload date Original uploader was Clithering at http //zh wikipedia org zh wikipedia Merseyside Maritime Museum PD-old-auto-1923 1859 Original upload log zh wikipedia Shizhao CommonsHelper page zh wikipedia PottingerShip jpg 2006-11-19 15 47 Clithering 400×301× 12971 bytes <nowiki> This thrilling portrayal shows the barque Sir Henry Pottinger during a cyclone in the Indian Ocean on 14 January 1848 The painting is both accurate and dramatic with the moonlit rolling seas typical of Heard's style The shi</nowiki> BotMoveToCommons zh wikipedia 2011 May 30 Henry Pottinger Joseph Heard Merseyside Maritime Museum | ||||
