Production date/period : 1905c
Production place : Devonport

General Description : A photograph showing a view of the figurehead of HMS CLEOPATRA, a screw corvette built in 1878, and used for harbour service from 1905. She was renamed Defiance II in 1922 and sold for breaking up in 1931. Labelled as ‘Figurehead of “Perseus”’.

Copyright holder : Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery