TheDartmouth, a British frigate wrecked off Mull, 1690 2. Culinary and related items

Abstract

The Frigate Dartmouth, 5th rate, sank in a storm in the Sound of Mull on 9 October 1690 while on patrol for Williani of Orange in his campaign against the Catholic Scots of the Western Isles (see Adnams, 1974). She was then at the close of a distinguished career and very much a ‘work-horse’ of the Royal Navy. It may therefore be assumed that she was equipped with utensils, storage vessels and ceramics typical of an ordinary naval vessel of the time. By comparison with pottery and glass items found on contemporary wrecks, particularly that of the 5th rate frigate Sapphire, this paper investigates :