HMS Daedalus (1826)
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HMS Daedalus was a 19th-century warship of the Royal Navy. She is primarily remembered for a reported sea serpent sighting by her captain and crew in August 1848.
The Daedalus sea serpent of 1848
An original illustration of the reported sea serpent
Illustration of the head, 1852
Sea serpent
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A sea serpent is a type of sea monster described in various mythologies and religious texts. Famous sea serpents include: the Mesopotamian Tiamat, Ugaritic Yam and Tannin, Judaic Leviathan and Rahab,
HMS Daedalus (1826)
…HMS Daedalus was a 19th-century warship of the Royal Navy. She is primarily remembered for a reported sea serpent sighting by her captain and crew in August 1848. The ship was launched as a fifth-rate frigate of 46 guns of the Modified Leda class in 1826, but never…
A sea serpent.―From Magnus, Olaus (1555). History of the Northern Peoples.
Mosaic of a cetus sea serpent of Greek mythology
"The Great Sea Serpent (according to Hans Egede)".―Engraving c. 1843, signed by artist James Hope Stewart.
"Supposed Appearance of the Great Sea-Serpent, From H.M.S. Plumper, Sketched by an Officer on Board", Illustrated London News, 14 April 1849