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<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Bombardment of St Jean D Acre by the British and Allied Squadrons by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0002
There is but one <i>Revenge</i> for Englishmen, the <i>Revenge</i> of Sir Richard Grenvilles last fight. We have had other <i>Revenges</i> of the Royal Navy to achieve distinction inthe 309 years since August 31st, 1591, but none of the have a fame approaching hers. The present modern battleship <i>Revenge</i> was, of course, the flagship of the Particular Service Squadron of the year of the Kaisers memorable telegram to ex-President Kruger in 1896. The <i>Revenge</i> flagship of Sir Richard Grenville was one of a squadron sent to waylay a fleet of Spanish treasure ships from the Indies. They were lying, on the last day of August, 1591, off Flores, in the Azores, short of water, and with half the men down with sickness. Suddenly an alarm was given that a large Spanish fleet was upon them, coming round the back of the island. All cut their cables or let slip their anchors and made for the open sea - all save one. Sir Richard Grenvilles <i>Revenge</i> was in no haste to fly. Grenville, who was second in command in the squadron, waited. He got on board and stowed in safety below all his sick who had been landed to recuperate ashore. After that, with only 100 men to fight and work the ship, he weighed anchor and stood out to sea. Sir Richard utterly refused to turn from the enemy, alleging that he would rather choose to die than to dishonour himself, his country, and Her Majestys ship, persuading his compnay that he would pass through their two squadrons in spite of them, and enforce those of Seville to give him way, which he performed upon diverse of the foremost, who, as the mariners term it, sprang their luff, and fell under the lee of the <i>Revenge</i>. So the survivors of the <i>Revenge</i> told the famous Sir Wlater Raleigh, Grenvilles cousin, when they came home. Soon a giant Spanish flagship of 1500 tons, the <i>San Philip</i>, came up alongside, and took the wind out of the sails of the <i>Revenge</i>, her huge bulk overtoppling the little English ship. After the <i>Revenge</i> was entangled with the <i>San Philip</i>, Raleigh tells us, four others boarded her, two on her larboard and two on her starboard. The fight, thus beginning at three oclock in the afternoon, continued very terrible all that evening. But the great <i>San Philip</i>, having received the lower tier of the <i>Revenge</i>, shifted herself with all diligence from her sides, utterly misliking her first entertainment. The Spanish ships were filled with soldiers, in some 200 besides the mariners, in some 500, in others 800. In ours there were none at all, besides the mariners, but the servants of the commander and some few voluntary gentlemen only. After many interchanged volleys of great ordnance and small shot, the Spaniards deliberated to enter the <i>Revenge</i>, and made divers attempts, hoping to force her by the multitude of their armed soldiers and musketeers, but were still repulsed again and again, and at all times beaten back into their own ship or into the sea.The Last Fight of the Revenge, off Flores, in the Azores by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0005
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Speedy Capturing the Gamo by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0008
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Blakes St George at Santa Cruz by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0009
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The St Vincent in Portsmouth Harbour by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0012
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Burning of the London by the Dutch by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0013
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Fame with Foul Weather Jack by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0016
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Victory at Trafalgar. Nelsons Flagship Nearing the Santissima Trinidad by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0017
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Victory at Portsmouth. Came into Harbour from Last Commission Nov, 1812 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0018
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Saucy Arethusa Duel with the French Belle Poule, June 1778 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0019
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Britains First Two Ironclads by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0020
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Ansons Centurion Taking the Spanish Galleon Nuestra Senora de Cabadonga 1743 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0022
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Majestic at the Battle of the Nile 1798 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0024
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Rodneys Formidable Breaking the Line 1782 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0025
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Wreck of the Birkenhead 1852 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0027
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Cutting Out of the Hermione (Retribution) 1799 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0030
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Bomb Ketches Saluting the Victory, December 1805 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0032
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Swallow and Roberts The Pirate by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0034
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Capture of the Lion, Scots Man-O-War 1511 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0035
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Lion Training Ship at Devonport by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0036
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Capture of the French Reunion by the Crescent 1793 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0037
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The First Battle of Our First Queen 1225 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0039
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Queen at the Spithead Review of 1845 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0040
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Taking of Duguay Trouin (Implacable) After Trafalgar, 1805 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0041
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.Capture of the Mars by the Nottingham by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0042
<b>Published in 1901 by George Newnes Ltd, this is an original book plate from a large format naval book. These may have some text from the book on the rear of the book plate, but this does not detract from the framed image. Only a few of these original book plates are still available today, more than a century after they were first published.The Prince George at the Battle of Malaga 1704 by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsACD0044
<b>SOLD OUT</b>The Great Age of Sail by Peter Ellenshaw.Click For DetailsAES0035
ANT66. Crippled but Unconquered: The Belleisle at Trafalgar, October 21st 1805 by W L Wyllie. Crippled but Unconquered: The Belleisle at Trafalgar, October 21st 1805 by W L Wyllie.Click For DetailsANT0066
ANT68P. The Battle of the Nile by B F Gribble. The Battle of the Nile by B F Gribble. (P)Click For DetailsANT0068
ANT69P. Nelson Boarding the San Josef at the Battle of St Vincent, February 14th 1797 by E S Hodgson. Nelson Boarding the San Josef at the Battle of St Vincent, February 14th 1797 by E S Hodgson. (P)Click For DetailsANT0069
ANT86. When Blake Swept the Seas: A Battle Between Admiral Blake and Van Tromp by Charles Dixon. When Blake Swept the Seas: A Battle Between Admiral Blake and Van Tromp by Charles Dixon.Click For DetailsANT0086
ANT101P. Nelson Boarding the San Nicholas by Howard Davie. Nelson Boarding the San Nicholas by Howard Davie. (P)Click For DetailsANT0101
ANTN20P. Lord Nelson by Christian Symons. Lord Nelson by Christian Symons. (P)Click For DetailsANTN0020
ANTN21P. The Victory - Launched 1765 by W Fred Mitchell. The Victory - Launched 1765 by W Fred Mitchell. (P)Click For DetailsANTN0021
ANTN28P. Battle Ship, About 1760 by W Fred Mitchell. Battle Ship, About 1760 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0028
ANTN32P. A 42 Gun Frigate About 1780 by W Fred Mitchell. A 42 Gun Frigate About 1780 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0032
ANTN34P. The Great War of 1488 by W Fred Mitchell. The Great War of 1488 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0034
ANTN35P. One of Drakes Men by Christian Symons. One of Drakes Men by Christian Symons (P)Click For DetailsANTN0035
ANTN36P. A 38 Gun Frigate About 1770 by W Fred Mitchell. A 38 Gun Frigate About 1770 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0036
ANTN37P. A 28 Gun Frigate About 1794 by W Fred Mitchell. A 28 Gun Frigate About 1794 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0037
ANTN38P. Battle Ship About 1650 by W Fred Mitchell. Battle Ship About 1650 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0038
ANTN40P. A 74 Gun Ship of the Line About 1794 by W Fred Mitchell. A 74 Gun Ship of the Line About 1794 by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0040
ANTN41P. One of Blakes Men 1650 by Christian Symons. One of Blakes Men 1650 by Christian Symons (P)Click For DetailsANTN0041
ANTN42P. Sailors, 18th Century by Christian Symons. Sailors, 18th Century by Christian Symons (P)Click For DetailsANTN0042
ANTN44P. Boatswain About 1829 by Christian Symons. Boatswain About 1829 by Christian Symons (P)Click For DetailsANTN0044
ANTN45P. HMS Victoria, 121 Guns by W Fred Mitchell. HMS Victoria, 121 Guns by W Fred Mitchell (P)Click For DetailsANTN0045
AS2GL. HMS Bounty, Farewell to England by Anthony Saunders. HMS Bounty, Farewell to England by Anthony Saunders (GL)Click For DetailsAS0002
One of the most decisive battles in the history of the Royal Navy, Nelsons defeat of the French fleet took place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishment and loss of life on both sides was tragically highBattle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsB0062
Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franco-Spanish line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Anna, Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton.HMS Royal Sovereign at the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsB0104
21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship. The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwoods fleet can be seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. In the light airs preceding the battle, much sail was needed to drive the British ships towards the enemy line. HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle. On her poop deck, officers prepare to run up a signal.Captain Harveys HMS Temeraire tries to pass HMS Victory at the beginning of the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsB0122
With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victorys starboard guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most of Victorys stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a French sharpshooter in Redoubtables mizzen fighting top. The Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right.Trafalgar - The Destruction of the Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsB0124
Viewed across the damaged stern of the 80-gun San Nicholas, Nelson drives HMS Captain onto the Spanish vessel in order that she can be boarded and taken as a prize, the British marines and men scrambling up the Captains bowsprit to use it as a bridge. The San Nicholas then fouled the Spanish three decker San Joseph (112), allowing Nelson and his men to take both ships as prizes in a single manoeuvre. A British frigate is moving into a supporting position in the middle distance.HMS Captain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent by Ivan BerrymanClick For DetailsB0125
Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune (98 guns) All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish giant an unmanageable hulk. Elsewhere, the battle rages on with Temeraire and Victory engaged with the French Redoubtable, while to the right of the picture, the shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80 guns) is approached by the Mars (74 guns) Conqueror (74 guns), off the Santisima Trinidads port quarter, is keeping up a distant fire to assist the Neptune. The Battle of Trafalgar, 2.30pm. The Taking of the Santisima Trinidad by Ivan BerrymanClick For DetailsB0153
Admiral Cuthbert Collingwoods flagship the Royal Sovereign comes under intense fire from the black-painted Spanish 3-decker, Santa Ana, and the French 74 Fougueux, just prior to breaking through the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar. HMS Royal Sovereign by Ivan Berryman. (P)Click For DetailsB0155
Sunset over Aboukir Bay on 1st August 1798 as ships of the Royal Navy, led by Nelson, conduct their ruthless destruction of the anchored French fleet. To the left Saumarezs HMS Orion is moving into position on the Peuple Souvrain, while her starboard guns rake one of the French frigates inshore. Orion, like the Goliath, Zealous and Audacious, had slipped inside the line of the unprepared French fleet, while Nelson in the Vanguard directed a further eight ships to attack the outside, resulting in one of the most decisive naval victories ever. The French ships seen at anchor include Spartiate and Aquilon, whilst through the gap between Peuple Souvrain and the bowsprit of the Franklin, the British ships Defence and Minotaur can be seen approaching.The Battle of the Nile by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsB0204
Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune are despatched to take up the tow from the 3rd rater HMS Polyphemus for the final leg of her journey to the safety of Gibraltar, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsB0220
CCP0029. Nelson, 1799 in Full dress by Chris Collingwood. Nelson, 1799 in Full dress by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsCCP0029
CCP32P. Master of a Royal Naval Frigate c.1797 by Chris Collingwood. Master of a Royal Naval Frigate c.1797 by Chris Collingwood. (P)Click For DetailsCCP0032
DG171. The Victory by Derek Gardner. The Victory by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsDGDN0171
The name Queen is one of the oldest in the Royal Navy and dates back to a Great Ship of the reign of Henry III (1216-1272) The ship shown here was a powerful three decker, launched on the Thames in 1769. When built she carried ninety guns, but like certain other Second Rates of her class, additional guns were mounted in the early 1780s and it was as a 98 that she fought at both the second Battle of Ushant in 1781 and at the Glorious 1st of June in 1794. At the First of June she was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner. In this action the ship was badly cut up in Lord Howes fleet, Captain John Hutt being among those killed. In the years following Trafalgar the need for large numbers of big three deckers with their heavy demands on manpower grew less and the Queen was taken in hand in 1811 and cut down to become a two-decker of 74 guns. She was finally broken up in 1821 at the age of 52.The Queen by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsDGDN0172
DG173. The Edgar by Derek Gardner. The Edgar by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsDGDN0173
The Constitution, with the sloop Hornet in company, sailed from Boston on 26th October 1812. War with Great Britain had broken out in June of that year and the two ships, under Commodore William Bainbridge in the Constitution, headed south down the Atlantic with the intention of joining the frigate Essex in the Pacific. The Constitution had been launched at Boston in 1797. She and her two sister ships, the United States and President were the most powerful frigates of their day and for sixteen years their superiority in their class remained unchallenged. They were built to be an overmatch for those of an enemy and were constructed in such a way that their scantlings (ie. the sizes of their timbers) should be equal to those of a 74 gun ship-of-the-line. This superiority was soon to be shown when the Constitution overwhelmed the British frigate Java off the coast of Brazil on 29th December. Like the Victory, Constitution (old ironsides as she was long ago nicknamed) is still in existence and today remains in special commission at Boston, the oldest warship in the world still afloat and a unique link with the old sailing navy of the United States.The Constitution by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsDGDN0174
HMS Defence seen leaving the fleet anchorage in Torbay, Devon in 1794 when she was serving in the Channel Fleet. Defence by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsDGDN0191
DG192. Glory and Valiant by Derek Gardner. Glory and Valiant by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsDGDN0192
DHM120. The Battle of Trafalgar by W Stuart. The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart.Click For DetailsDHM0120
The aerial view shows the scene of devastation at around 6pm with the British ships lying alongside their prizes in the foreground, and the remaining French ships fleeing in the distance. Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 - The Close of Action by Nicholas Pocock.Click For DetailsDHM0141
DHM142. The Battle of Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801 by Pocock. The Battle of Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801 by Nicholas Pocock.Click For DetailsDHM0142
One of the most realistic pictures of a sea battle ever painted, the British ship, the Defence, totally dismasted but refusing to surrender, she is being attacked by a French two-decker on the left and L Achille on the right. HMS Defence at the Battle of the Glorious 1st June 1794 by Nicholas Pocock.Click For DetailsDHM0143
During the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, Nelsons ship the Captain (a 74 gun ship) is shown on the left, and has run alongside the 80 gun San Nicholas. The manoeuvre came to be known as Nelsons Patent Bridge for Boarding First Rates. HMS Captain Capturing the San Nicholas by Nicholas Pocock.Click For DetailsDHM0144
Showing the scene onboard HMS Victory as Admiral Nelson is shot by a French marksman in the rigging. The Battle of Trafalgar Fall of Nelson by Dennis Dighton.Click For DetailsDHM0150
DHM151. Capture of Puerto Bello by George Chambers. Capture of Puerto Bello by George Chambers.Click For DetailsDHM0151
Depicts the attack by the British and Dutch fleets against the Barbary Corsairs on the 27th August 1816. The bombardment lasted 10 hours and the losses on both sides were very high but it was a great success with over 1650 enslaved prisoners liberated. Bombardment of Algiers by George Chambers.Click For DetailsDHM0152
DHM153. Duckworths Action at San Domingo, 6th February 1806 by Nicholas Pocock. Duckworths Action at San Domingo, 6th February 1806 by Nicholas Pocock.Click For DetailsDHM0153
Lord Nelson waves goodbye to the crowd at Portsmouth. Lord Nelson joins his ship HMS Victory before the battle of Trafalgar. Goodbye My Lads by Fred Roe.Click For DetailsDHM0154
DHM184. Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 by Pocock. Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 by Nicholas Pocock.Click For DetailsDHM0184
DHM226. The Victory towed into Gibraltar after Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield. The Victory towed into Gibraltar after Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield.Click For DetailsDHM0226
DHM303. The Armada. The Attack of the Vanguard. The Armada. The Attack of the Vanguard.Click For DetailsDHM0303
In January 1793 the 1st Battalion of the 29th Foot leaves Windsor for Hilsea to board Royal Navy fighting ships as there is a shortage of marines. Their new roll is to counter enemy musket fire from the upper decks, to lead boarding parties and to maintain discipline of the crew. They are specially equipped with a new working rig but still retain their full dress red coats and powdered hair (curled locks above the ear are removed) for combat. The regiment joins The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Earl Howe, and detachments are allocated to the following ships of the line; H.M.S. Glory, Thunderer, Alfred, Pegasus and Ramilles. 78 soldiers under the command of Cpt. Alexander Saunders are also placed aboard Captain Harveys 74 gun H.M.S. Brunswick. Howes ships are sent to intercept a fleet, of similar size that has put out from Brest to escort a large convoy of food from America, destined for Revolutionary France. The two fleets make contact but fog prevents an engagement until 1 Oarn on the first day of June 1794. Now, in bright sunshine, the order is given to attack! Brunswick is directly astern of Howes flag ship as the French line is broken. She quickly engages Le Vengeur with which she becomes dangerously entangled. Broadsides are exchanged at point blank range! Sails are shot to ribbons, masts and rigging fall. Grenades, carronades and musketry find their targets and casualties mount. Nevertheless, the ships band, joined by a negro regimental drummer on the quarter deck, keep up moral by playing the new and popular air Hearts Of Oak. The two ships drift helplessly as another French man-of-war, Achille, comes in for the kill but the British gunners deliver such a devastating broadside into this new assailant that she is completely demasted and strikes her colours! In the firefight the figure head, an effigy of the Duke of Brunswick, has its carved wooden hat blown clean away. So, Captain Harvey calmly replaces the loss with his own cocked hat! The captain himself receives a blow to the hand and is subsequently mortally wounded with a section of chain-shot. Cpt. Saunders is killed by a snipers bullet and Lt. Harcourt Vernon (wearing short, non regulation boots to facilitate amputation) is soon wounded as well. The decks are cleared of downed masts and rigging, the dead also go over the side. cl At about one oclock the two interlocked ships are separated by a swell and Harveys brothers ship Ramilles cornes to the Brunsivicks assistance. The crippled Vengeur cannot compete with the skill of English gunnery and the ship is raked from end to end by galling fire. Cheers ring out as she surrenders and hoists the Union Jack. The rest of the French fleet breaks off the engagement. Six of their ships are out of action and Le Vengeur is so very badly holed that she eventually sinks (many of her crew refusing to abandon her. Singing the Marseillaise they re-hoist her battle flag as they slip to their watery grave) This British fleet returns in triumph to Spithead. However, the scene on the Brunswicks splintered poop deck is one of utter devastation. The regiment has 13 officers and men killed, another 18 are wounded and nearly quarter of the ships company is lost. This hard won victory is commemorated by the regiment with Naval Crown (awarded to the regiment in 1909, an honour shared only by the Queens Regiment) and by the adoption of the tune played throughout the height of battle, Hearts of Oak. Hearts of Oak by Mark Churms.Click For DetailsDHM0369
The English fleet pursued the Armada up the English Channel and, as darkness fell, Vice Admiral Drake broke off and captured the Spanish galleon Rosario, Admiral Pedro de Valdes and the crew. The Rosario was known to be carrying substantial funds to pay the Spanish Army in the Low Countries. Drakes ship had been leading the English pursuit of the Armada by means of a lantern. By extinguishing this for the capture, Drake put the fleet into disarray overnight. On the night of 29th July 1588, Vice Admiral Drake organised fire-ships, causing most of the Spanish captains to break formation and sail out of Calais . The next day, Drake was present at the Battle of Gravelines. English losses were comparatively few, and none of their ships were sunk.Grenvilles Revenge by Brian Wood.Click For DetailsDHM0382
Undoubtedly the most famous battle in the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions directly at right angles into the combined fleet and thus rendering almost half of the leading ships useless until they could turn and join the fight, which in such calm conditions could take hours. The battle raged for five hours, in which time not one single British ship was lost, however, Nelson would tragically lose his life at the very moment of his triumph, a triumph which rendered the British Navy unchallenged in supremacy for over a century. Trafalgar by Brian Wood.Click For DetailsDHM0383
DHM398. Battle of Trafalgar by T Whitcombe. Battle of Trafalgar by Thomas Whitcombe.Click For DetailsDHM0398
HMS Neptune is shown attacking the 130 gun Spanish ship Santisima Trinidad, and pounds it relentlessly into a floating wreck. All ships in the painting from left to right : Victory, Redoutable, Temeraire, Fogeux, Santissima Trinidad and Neptune are battling in the foreground, Bucentaure, Conqueror, Royal Sovereign and Santa Anna.Neptune Engaged at the Battle of Trafalgar by F Sartorious.Click For DetailsDHM0399
Captain Cooks ship shown landing a party on the continent of Australia. Initially launched as the Collier Earl of Pembroke in 1764, the ship was purchased by the Admiralty in 1768 for the specific reason of a scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean. Renamed HMS Endeavour and becoming a 10 gun Royal Navy barque, she was captained by Lieutenant James Cook and this was to be his first of three famous voyages. HMS Endeavour set sail from Plymouth in August 1768, returning in 1771.HMS Endeavour by Brian Wood.Click For DetailsDHM0419
HMS Resolution was a Royal Navy sloop and the ship in which Captain Cook made his second and third voyages. Along along with HMS Adventure they set sail from Plymouth on the 13th of July 1772. The total crew consisted of 112 including 20 volunteers form HMS Endeavour which was the ship captained by Cook on his first voyage from 1768 to 1771. On 17 January 1773, HMS Resolution was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle and crossed twice more on the voyage. HMS Resolution returned to Britain in 1775 and was then paid off, being recommissioned in February 1776 for the third voyage of Captain Cook. It was on this voyage that HMS Resolution crossed the Arctic Circle on 17th August 1778, and again crossed it on 19th July 1779. In this painting HMS resolution is shown arrving back in Britain on 4 October 1780.HMS Resolution 1780 by Brian Wood.Click For DetailsDHM0420
Depicts the attack by the British and Dutch fleets against the Barbary Corsairs on the 27th August 1816. The bombardment lasted 10 hours and the losses on both sides were very high but it was a great success with over 1650 enslaved prisoners liberated. Nighttime Bombardment of Algiers by Thomas Luny.Click For DetailsDHM0433
Depicting Nelson on the deck of HMS Victory, during the Battle of Trafalgar. The Hero of Trafalgar by William Hersman Overend.Click For DetailsDHM0515
DHM521. Battle of Trafalgar by George Chambers. Battle of Trafalgar by George Chambers.Click For DetailsDHM0521
DHM522. Portrait of Horatio Nelson by Beechey. Portrait of Horatio Nelson by Captain Richard Brydges Beechey.Click For DetailsDHM0522
DHM527. Loading Cavalry on a Troop Ship 1864 by Charles Henry Seaforth. Loading Cavalry on a Troop Ship 1864 by Charles Henry Seaforth.Click For DetailsDHM0527
DHM528. Nelson by John Hoppner after Healy. Nelson by John Hoppner after Healy.Click For DetailsDHM0528
HMS Victory leading her division is just altering course to starboard in order to pass under the stern of Bucentaure flagship of Admiral Villeneuve, to rake her and break the line during the battle of Trafalgar. HMS Victory About to Break the Line by Bill Bishop.Click For DetailsDHM0537
The keel of HMS Victory was laid at Chatham, 23rd July 1759, she was launched 7th May 1765. Her battle honours are Ushant 1781, St. Vincent 1805, she was placed in her present berth at Portsmouth on the 12th January 1922. HMS Victory Entering Portsmouth Harbour for the Last Time on 4th December 1812 by Bill Bishop.Click For DetailsDHM0538
DHM595. Battle of the Glorious 1st June 1794 by Louthemburg. Battle of the Glorious 1st June 1794 by Louthembourg.Click For DetailsDHM0595
DHM692. Sir Frances Drake by Chris Collingwood. Sir Frances Drake by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM0692
DHM816. The Shannon and the Cheasapeake at Close Quarters by Hemy. The Shannon and the Cheasapeake at Close Quarters by Hemy.Click For DetailsDHM0816
Admiral Horatio Nelson is seen lying on the deck of HMS Victory after being mortally wounded, hit in the shoulder with the bullet going down through his chest, fired from a French sniper high in the rigging of the French ship Redoubtable, which is entangled with HMS Victory during the later stages of the Battle of Trafalgar. The painting also shows in great detail British sailors performing their duties on board Victory and the French ships rigging entangled in that of Victory. French crew can be seen firing and fighting against the British. Admiral Nelson would be taken below decks where he would die as the battle was won. The original painting which is some 15 metres in length hangs in the Palace of Westminster.The Death of Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar by Daniel Maclise.Click For DetailsDHM0890
Maritime naval battle scene showing Royal naval frigate HMS Tremendous engaging the French naval Man-of-War Cannonierre during the Napoleonic wars. Combat Between HMS Tremendous and Connoniere, 21st April 1806 by Julien Pierre Gilbert.Click For DetailsDHM0896
Blackbeard the Terrible, otherwise known as Edward Teach, Thatch or Drummond. Circa 1718. Damnation Seize My Soul by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM0897
DHM901. The Smoke of the Battle by Montague Dawson. The Smoke of the Battle by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0901
DHM902. Java and Constitution by Montague Dawson. Java and Constitution by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0902
DHM903. Duke and Duchess by Montague Dawson. Duke and Duchess by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0903
DHM904. Up Channel - the Lahloo by Montague Dawson. Up Channel - the Lahloo by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0904
DHM905. Racing Home - The Cutty Sark by Montague Dawson. Racing Home - The Cutty Sark by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0905
DHM906. The Thermopylae Leaving Foochow by Montague Dawson. The Thermopylae Leaving Foochow by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0906
DHM907. Ariel and Taeping by Montague Dawson. Ariel and Taeping by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0907
DHM908. Crescent Moon by Montague Dawson. Crescent Moon by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0908
DHM909. McKay Clipper Anglo-American by Roy Cross. McKay Clipper Anglo-American by Roy Cross.Click For DetailsDHM0909
DHM910. Challenge Leaving New York in the 1850s by Roy Cross. Challenge Leaving New York in the 1850s by Roy Cross.Click For DetailsDHM0910
DHM912. Aurelia at Camden Maine by Roy Cross. Aurelia at Camden Maine by Roy Cross.Click For DetailsDHM0912
DHM913. Ocean Monarch Leaving New York by Roy Cross. Ocean Monarch Leaving New York by Roy Cross.Click For DetailsDHM0913
DHM914. Glory of the Seas by Montague Dawson.Glory of the Seas by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM0914
The battle of Texel helped bring successful conclusion to the 3rd Dutch war. the Dutch conceding the English claim to sovereignty in the Narrow Sea. The Battle of Texel, 11th August 1673 by Abraham Storck.Click For DetailsDHM0934
DHM941. The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart. The Battle of Trafalgar by William Stuart.Click For DetailsDHM0941
DHM942. Troops Embarking for the Crimea by William Stuart. Troops Embarking for the Crimea by William Stuart.Click For DetailsDHM0942
August 1st 1798. The British naval force destroys the French vessels, which were the lifeline to the French army commanded by Napoleon, occupying Egypt. The Battle of the Nile by Thomas Luny.Click For DetailsDHM0944
The crewmen of the Danish flagship Niels Joel cheer upon hearing the cry, Schwarzenbergs on fire, 9th May 1864. The Battle of Helgoland by Christian Molsted.Click For DetailsDHM0949
None among Rackams crew were more resolute or ready to board or undertake anything that was hazardous. Quote taken from Captain C. Johnsons book. A General History of the Robberies and murders of the Most Notorious Pirates. (1724) Anne Bonney, Mary Reid and Calico Jack Rackam by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM0974
The time is 1.35pm. (ten minutes after Admiral nelson had been fatally shot) HMS Temeraire and HMS Victory, are seen broadside to the redoubtable, which by 2pm had lost most of her crew, (out of a crew of 643 - 487 were dead, 81 died soon after, and only 25 were fit to crew) HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme Lothian.Click For DetailsDHM1052
First daylight on the 21st October, saw the Royal Navy fleets together at a distance of about 12 miles. The day looked fine, a heavy swell from the west gave warning of an approaching storm. As dawn broke HMS Victory, Nelsons flagship and the rest of the fleet could be found in a shapeless huddle, which soon resolved itself into two divisions. Thus the two fleets prepared themselves for the coming battle which commenced just before noon. Trafalgar Dawn by Graeme Lothian.Click For DetailsDHM1071
DHM1112. The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield. The Battle of Trafalgar by William Clarkson Stanfield.Click For DetailsDHM1112
Undoubtedly the most famous and decisive battle in the history of naval warfare. The battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions directly at right angles into the combined fleet and thus rendering almost half of the leading ships useless until they could turn and join the fight, which in such calm conditions could take hours. The battle raged for five hours in which time not one British ship was lost, however, Nelson would tragically lose his life at the very moment of his triumph, a triumph which rendered the British Navy unchallenged in supremacy for over a century. Here, Nelsons flagship, HMS Victory, followed by HMS Temeraire is seen breaking the Franco-Spanish line and commencing her murderous hail of gun fire into the stern of Villeneuves flagship, Bucentaure. Meanwhile the Victory herself is being fired upon by the French Neptune. Redoutable can be seen at the far right.Nelsons Victory at Trafalgar by Anthony SaundersClick For DetailsDHM1127
DHM1142. The Homecoming by Montague Dawson. The Homecoming by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM1142
<b>Last three copies available of this sold out edition.</b>Dawn Chase by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM1143
DHM1144. The Days of Adventure by Montague Dawson. The Days of Adventure by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM1144
DHM1145. The Rising Wind by Montague Dawson. The Rising Wind by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM1145
DHM1147. Night Mists by Montague Dawson. Night Mists by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM1147
DHM1148. The Battle of Trafalgar by Montague Dawson. The Battle of Trafalgar by Montague Dawson.Click For DetailsDHM1148
DHM1158. Admiral Nelsons Victory at the Battle of the Nile by Graeme Lothian. Admiral Nelsons Victory at the Battle of the Nile by Graeme Lothian.Click For DetailsDHM1158
One of the most decisive battles in the history of the Royal Navy, Nelsons defeat of the French fleet took place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishment and loss of life on both sides was tragically highThe Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1165
On the 1st of August 1798, thirteen French ships of the line sat anchored in Aboukir Bay off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, in support of Napoleon who was inland with his troops attempting to conquer the country. As nighttime approached so did Lord Horatio Nelson and the British fleet. Nelson had been hunting Napoleon at sea for months; at Aboukir Bay he had found the French fleet, trapped and unprepared for battle. Nelsons audacious plan was to attack the French on their unprotected prot side, the plan had its risks; the whole of the British fleet could run aground in the shallows - but Nelson knew the waters too well. The Battle of the Nile was one of the most decisive in the history of naval warfare. By the end of the battle nearly all the French ships were sunk or captured. The 124-gun flagship - and the pride of the French navy - LOrient, had exploded with such ferocity that it halted the battle for over ten minutes. Napoleons ability to dominate the region had been crushed, whilst Nelson was to become a hero throughout the whole of Britain.Battle of the Nile by Anthony SaundersClick For DetailsDHM1182
Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franco-Spanish line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Anna, Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton.The Battle of Trafalgar - The First Engagement by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1189
Sunset over Aboukir Bay on 1st August 1798 as ships of the Royal Navy, led by Nelson, conduct their ruthless destruction of the anchored French fleet. Ships shown from left to right. HMS Orion, Spartiate, Aquilon, Peuple Souvrain, HMS Defence, HMS Minotaur and HMS Swiftsure  Battle of the Nile by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1241
Proud flagship of Admiral nelson at the battle of the Nile. HMS Vanguard is pictured lying near the entrance of Portsmouth harbour at sunset in company with another Nile veteran HMS majestic. vanguard one of fourteen 3rd rate 74,s penned by the famous ship designer Slade was launched in 1787 and enjoyed a long and eventful career under numerous Commanding officers. in various roles until finally being broken up in 1821. HMS Vanguard at Portsmouth By Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1249
Reproduction of original hand coloured engraving of the Battle of the Nile. These high quality Giclee art prints on thick 300gsm German watercolour art board. Battle of the Nile.Click For DetailsDHM1263
21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship. The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwoods fleet can be seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. In the light airs preceding the battle, much sail was needed to drive the British ships towards the enemy line. HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle. On her poop deck, officers prepare to run up a signal. Prelude to Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1278
With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victorys starboard guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most of Victorys stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a French sharpshooter in Redoubtables mizzen fighting top. The Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right.Trafalgar- The Destruction of The Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1289
DHM1298. HMS Victory engages the combined fleet of Cape Trafalgar by Robert Burke. HMS Victory engages the combined fleet of Cape Trafalgar by Robert Burke.Click For DetailsDHM1298
DHM1316. Portrait of Admiral Nelson shown in the uniform worn at the Battle of Trafalgar. Portrait of Admiral Nelson by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1316
As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet toward the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. HMS Victory by Randall Wilson.Click For DetailsDHM1324
Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune (98 guns) All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish giant an unmanageable hulk. Elsewhere, the battle rages on with Temeraire and Victory engaged with the French Redoubtable, while to the right of the picture, the shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80 guns) is approached by the Mars (74 guns) Conqueror (74 guns), off the Santisima Trinidads port quarter, is keeping up a distant fire to assist the Neptune. The Battle of Trafalgar, 2.30pm. The Taking of the Santisima Trinidad by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1339
Viewed across the damaged stern of the 80-gun San Nicholas, Nelson drives HMS Captain onto the Spanish vessel in order that she can be boarded and taken as a prize, the British marines and men scrambling up the Captains bowsprit to use it as a bridge. The San Nicholas then fouled the Spanish three decker San Joseph (112), allowing Nelson and his men to take both ships as prizes in a single manoeuvre. A British frigate is moving into a supporting position in the middle distance. HMS Captain at the Battle of Cape St Vincent by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1358
DHM1364. Captain Morgan by Chris Collingwood.Captain Morgan by Chris CollingwoodClick For DetailsDHM1364
DHM1365. Pirate of the Caribbean by Chris Collingwood. Pirate of the Caribbean, The Brethren by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1365
DHM1366. Pirate of the Caribbean, Captain Charles Vane 1718 by Chris Collingwood. Pirate of the Caribbean, Captain Charles Vane 1718 by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1366
DHM1367. Pirate of the Caribbean, Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart) 1720 by Chris Collingwood. Pirate of the Caribbean, Bartholomew Roberts (Black Bart) 1720 by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1367
The key to Nelsons victories always lay in his meticulous planning and the Battle of Copenghagen was no exception as he used his fleet to first destroy the Danish floating defences so that his bomb vessels could be brought up to bombard the city itself. The Danes eventually capitulated, but they had fought hard and over 2,000 men had died on both sides before the end of the battle. In this view, HMS Elephant, carrying the flag of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, dominates the scene as the battle gathers intensity. British ships depicted, left to right, are the Glatton (54), Elephant (74), Ganges (74) and Monarch (74) The Battle of Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801 by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1377
Having taken terrible punishment from the guns of the allied French and Spanish fleet as she broke through the line, HMS Victory found herself engaged by the French Redoutable, a bitter battle that saw the two ships locked together, pouring shot into one another with terrifying ferocity and which left the British Admiral, Lord Horation Nelson fatally wounded. In the background, HMS Neptune is emerging through the gunsmoke and is about to pass the wreck of the French flagship Bucentaure which Victory so spectacularly routed as she passed through the allied line. HMS Temeraire, which followed Victory through, and which was also to become embroiled on the Redoutables fight, is obscured by the smoke beyond the British flagship. The Battle of Trafalgar, 1.00pm by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1381
Nelsons annihilation of the French Fleet at Aboukir Bay was complete, but for the escape of Admiral Villeneuve who would again confront his nemesis just seven years later at Trafalgar. Doubled by the British ships and ravaged by their relentless gunnery, the French faced utter defeat as the battle raged into the night. At the centre of the French line lay the massive three decker L Orient. The British Alexander positioned herself astern of L Orient and began to fire mercilessly into her fragile stern galleries. Within a short time, a terrible fire started that raged through her hull, eventually reaching her powder magazine, causing a massive explosion that literally blew L Orient to pieces. In this scene, shortly before the explosion, Alexander can be seen astern of the burning L Orient, minus her maintop, and trying to move away in the intense heat. To her port, the British Majestic is also starting to slip away while, in the foreground, the French Franklin is ablaze and threatened with being caught in the imminent blast. At the extreme right of the picture, crews are racing to remove sails from the British Orion to lessen the risk of fire in the event of L Orients spectacular demise. The Battle of the Nile, 1798 - The Burning of L Orient by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1392
Having broken the line of the French and Spanish ships, HMS Victory is about to lock horns with Redoubtable. Nelsons Day, Battle of Trafalgar by Randall Wilson.Click For DetailsDHM1398
Jury rigged and battered by the relentless gunnery of the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar, HMS Victory lies off the coast of Gibraltar as crews from HMS Neptune (nearest) are despatched to take over the tow from the Polyphemus for the final leg of their journey to relative safety, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1406
Avery and his vessel the Fancy being a ship of 46 guns and 150 men set sail in 1695 bound for Madagascar. On the way the fancy caught up with and captured the Ganj-i-Sawai, owned by the Great Mogul himself. Its name means Exceeding Treasure and the treasure it yielded surpassed anything yet seen in the history of piracy. Long Ben became the pirates pirate. Captain Henry Long Ben Avery by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1420
It is September 18th, 1805, off Plymouth. Led by the 74-gun HMS Thunderer, with HMS Ajax astern, HMS Victory, with Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson aboard, begins her journey south to join the rest of the British fleet off Cadiz where the combined French and Spanish fleets lay blockaded. This was the prelude to the Battle of Trafalgar and the last time Nelson would see his beloved England. Hearts of Oak Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1459
At 12.30pm on the 21st of October 1805, Admiral Lord Nelson on board his flagship, HMS Victory, breaks the line of the combined French and Spanish fleets. The Victory is delivering a devastating stern rake to the 80 gun French ship Bucentaure, the flagship of the combined fleets, commanded by Vice-Admiral P. C. J. B. S. Villeneuve. Starboard to the Victory is the 74 gun Redoutable. This ship, the Victory and HMS Temeraire, seen left, became locked together soon after, the unequal exchange resulting in the Redoutable having the highest casualties during the entire battle.Breaking the Line at the Battle of Trafalgar by Graeme LothianClick For DetailsDHM1497
Just minutes from opening fire, HMS Royal Sovereign, carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, approaches the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar, prior to breaking through and delivering a devastating broadside into the black-painted Santa Ana. Royal Sovereign had already taken terrible punishment as it had approached the enemy line, unable to bring her own guns to bear. Ships depicted, left to right, are: Indomptable (Fr) Rhin (Fr) Santa Ana (Sp) Royal Sovereign (Br) and Fougeux (Fr) Trafalgar: HMS Royal Sovereign Prepares to Break the Line by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1505
Already ravaged by incoming shot from the combined French and Spanish fleets as she approached the enemy line, HMS Victory found herself under intense attack from the French 3rd Rate 74-gun Redoutable. The two ships became entangled, grappling irons went across and the most terrible artillery battle commenced. Admiral Lord Nelson was fatally wounded by a shot from the Redoutables mizzen top before it was brought crashing down. Now the British three-decker, the 98-gun Temeraire appeared outboard of the Redoutable and began pouring further shot into her, the little French ship dwarfed by two mighty British vessels. But still she fought on, refusing to strike her colours. Of all the ships at Trafalgar, Redoutable sustained the highest casualties with 478 killed and 81 wounded. Depicted from left to right are HMS Temeraire, Redoutable and HMS Victory. The Brave Redoutable by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1519
The 36-gun frigate HMS Euryalus is shown arriving to join Nelsons flagship HMS Victory off St Helens, Isle of Wight, at around 8.00am on the morning of 12th September 1805. These two ships would depart together just three days later to join His Majestys ships Ajax and Thunderer off Plymouth before heading south to Spanish waters and the Battle of Trafalgar. HMS Euryalus Arriving at Spithead by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1530
HMS Boreas encounters the French Compas, August 29th 1779. Frigate Action off Antigua by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1531
Just seconds from opening fire with a broadside that will devastate her opponent, HMS Victory prepares to pass the stern of the French flagship Bucentaure, closely followed by the three-deckers HMS Temeraire and HMS Neptune. With guns unable to bear on the enemy fleet during the slow approach the British ships had endured terrible punishment with Victorys sails holed, her wheel smashed and her mizzen top shot away. Breaking the Line by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1533
Rock Sound, Bahamas. HMS Captain and HMS Southampton, 1796 by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1547
Lieutenant of the Royal Navy commands marines and crew during a sea battle with the French during the battle of Cape St Vincent. In the Thick of Battle by Chris Collingwood.Click For DetailsDHM1600
Pirate ship in the shallows of a reef, and under fire from a fort. Pirate Ship by Randall Wilson. (GL)Click For DetailsDHM1613
Lord Horatio Nelson and the British fleet found the French 13 ship of the line fleet anchored at Aboukir Bay. Nelsons plan was to attack the French fleet on their unprotected port side. By the end of the battle nearly all the French ships were sunk or captured. The painting shows HMS Swiftsure in the centre with the burning 124 gun flagship LOrient behind. To the left is the surrendered hulk of the French ship Franklin.The Battle of the Nile by Anthony Saunders.Click For DetailsDHM1657
The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on a calm, almost windless day, on 21st October 1805. Nelsons revolutionary battle plan was to cut apart the larger Franco-Spanish fleet of Vice-Admiral Villeneuve by sailing in two single column divisions directly at right angles into the combined fleet and thus rendering almost half of the leading ships useless until the could turn and join the fight, which in such calm conditions could take hours. The battle raged for five hours in which time not one British ship was lost, however, Nelson would tragically lose his life at the very moment of his triumph, a triumph which rendered the British Navy unchallenged in supremacy for over a century. Here HMS Mars passes between the French ship Belleisle on her starboard and the French ship Fougeux on her port, firing a murderous hail of gunfire at both ships. Also shown in the painting on the left hand side is the Spanish ship Monarco and the French ship Pluton.The Battle of Trafalgar - Mars Breaks the Line by Anthony Saunders.Click For DetailsDHM1658
Cutty Sark and Thermopylae racing each other home in 1872. Cutty Sark is nearest with her sails backlit against the low sun and her great rival Thermopylae in the distance. Cutty Sark and Thermopylae by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1852
Considered by Lord Nelson as <i>The finest 64 in the Service</i> - indeed, his favourite ship, HMS Agamemnon was a two-deck third rate warship, lighter and faster than most 74s. Launched at Bucklers Hard in 1781, she saw action in many great battles, among them the Battle of Ushant, the Battle of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, by which time she was a veteran of 24 years service. HMS Agamemnon by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1878
Considered by Lord Nelson as <i>The finest 64 in the Service</i> - indeed, his favourite ship, HMS Agamemnon was a two-deck third rate warship, lighter and faster than most 74s. Launched at Bucklers Hard in 1781, she saw action in many great battles, among them the Battle of Ushant, the Battle of Copenhagen and Trafalgar, by which time she was a veteran of 24 years service. Agamemnon off the Needles by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM1882
The American Clipper Flying Cloud arrives at Hong Kong in May 1860, 97 days out of London. En-route to Foochow, she will load tea for the return voyage. Of all the famous American Clippers Flying Cloud had by far the best record. Flying Cloud by Robert Taylor.Click For DetailsDHM2100
Tea carried down the Min River from the plantations on Chinese junks, is loaded aboard the American clipper Spitfire in Pagoda Anchorage, Foochow, October 1857. In this busy port scene a steam tug approaches, indicating the Clipper is almost ready to sail for London, a voyage that she will complete in 113 days. Roberts exquisite rendition is now available as a limited edition print. Spitfire Clipper by Robert Taylor.Click For DetailsDHM2101
The Cutty Sark sailed the worlds great trading routes under the Red Ensign between 1870 and 1895, when she was sold to a Portuguese company. In 1922 she was bought by a Captain Dowman and rigged as a sail training ship. She is now preserved in dry-dock on the Thames River, Greenwich Maritime Museum, London. Cutty Sark by Robert Taylor.Click For DetailsDHM2135
Winter in the Bay of Biscay brings ferocious gales and bitter cold discomfort for ships crews aboard the British frigate Indefatigable. Horatio Hornblower, C.S. Forresters dashing eighteenth-century naval officer, experienced the worst of conditions at sea while serving the arduous task of blockading the ports off the west coast of France. The excitement of battle came as welcome relief. Roberts magnificent painting depicts an exchange of cannon fire between Indefatigable - on the left - and a 40-gun French frigate attempting to run the blockade on a chill winters morning. Moments later the two hulls crashed alongside each other, and the Frenchman was boarded and taken. Hornblower and the Indefatigable by Robert Taylor.Click For DetailsDHM2152
The windjammer Loch Etive departs Glasgow on October 15, 1892, bound for Sydney, Australia. After a round-trip lasting six and a half months, she will return to London with a cargo of wool. Looking across the Firth towards Glasgow the waters are busy with coastal craft. Loch Etive on the Firth by Robert Taylor.Click For DetailsDHM2155
Having been towed up the Avon Gorge to Bristol, one of the great ports in British history, the Strathearn is seen arriving at Hoywells. The Strathearn was an iron clipper ship, built in 1871 by Barclay, Curle & Co. These big ships found employment in the bulk cargo trade carrying nitrate, coal, grain, guano and timber. The Strathearn at Clifton, 1873 by Rodney Charman.Click For DetailsDHM2236
DHM2573. RMS Britannia (1840) off the Angelsey Coast by E. D. Walker. RMS Britannia (1840) off the Angelsey Coast by E. D. Walker.Click For DetailsDHM2573
Robert Taylors magnificent painting shows Victory breaking through the enemy line at 1.00pm 21st October 1805. A broadside has crippled Admiral Villeneuves French flagship Bucentaure, seen off Victorys port side, while Nelsons gunners fire a second broadside into the Santisima Trinidad. Just astern, the Temeraire manoeuvres to trap the Redoubtable between herself and Victory, and thus seal her fate. The Battle of Trafalgar by Robert Taylor.Click For DetailsDHM2587
Nelsons Flagship Vanguard is seen departing St Helens Anchorage heading a convoy of merchantmen en route to Lisbon and the Mediterranean on 8th April 1798. This voyage would culminate in the Battle of the Nile where the British fleet routed that of the French at Aboukir Bay on the evening of 1st August that same year. HMS Vanguard by Ivan Berryman.Click For DetailsDHM2702
DHM4001. HM Beagle 1831 by Tony Fernandes. HM Beagle 1831 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4001
DHM4002. Continental Navy Bonhomme Richard 1779 by Tony Fernandes. Continental Navy Bonhomme Richard 1779 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4002
DHM4003. HM Armed Transport Bounty 1787 by Tony Fernandes. HM Armed Transport Bounty 1787 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4003
DHM4004. HMS Endeavour by Tony Fernandes. HMS Endeavour by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4004
DHM4005. US Frigate Essex 1799 by Tony Fernandes. US Frigate Essex 1799 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4005
DHM4006. Golden Hinde 1578 by Tony Fernandes. Golden Hinde 1578 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4006
DHM4007. Colonial Merchantman Mayflower 1620 by Tony Fernandes. Colonial Merchantman Mayflower 1620 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4007
DHM4008. HMS Seahorse 1794 by Tony Fernandes. HMS Seahorse 1794 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4008
DHM4009. HMS Victory 1803 by Tony Fernandes. HMS Victory 1803 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4009
DHM4010. HMS Warrior 1860 by Tony Fernandes. HMS Warrior 1860 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4010
DHM4022. HMS Agamemnon 1805 by Tony Fernandes. HMS Agamemnon 1805 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4022
DHM4023. Constitution 1812 by Tony Fernandes. Constitution 1812 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4023
DHM4024. Hancock 1776 by Tony Fernandes. Hancock 1776 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4024
DHM4025. Leopard 1790 by Tony Fernandes. Leopard 1790 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4025
DHM4026. Mary Rose 1545 by Tony Fernandes. Mary Rose 1545 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4026
DHM4027. Pickle 1805 by Tony Fernandes. Pickle 1805 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4027
DHM4028. Surprise 1796 by Tony Fernandes. Surprise 1796 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4028
DHM4029. Xebec 1752 by Tony Fernandes. Xebec 1752 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4029
DHM4030. Xebec 1755 by Tony Fernandes. Xebec 1755 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4030
DHM4031. Cutty Sark 1869 by Tony Fernandes. Cutty Sark 1869 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4031
DHM4032. Matthew 1497 by Tony Fernandes. Matthew 1497 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4032
DHM4033. Nina 1497 by Tony Fernandes. Nina 1497 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4033
DHM4034. Pandora 1779 by Tony Fernandes. Pandora 1779 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4034
DHM4035. Pinta 1497 by Tony Fernandes. Pinta 1497 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4035
DHM4036. Santa Maria 1497 by Tony Fernandes. Santa Maria 1497 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4036
DHM4037. Supply 1787 by Tony Fernandes. Supply 1787 by Tony Fernandes.Click For DetailsDHM4037
USCS Ranger captained by John Paul Jones attacks and defeats HMS Drake of the Copeland Islands at the mouth of Belfast Lough. This was the first battle of the newly formed American Continental Navy. Battle of the Copeland Islands by David Pentland.Click For DetailsDP0005
<b> SOLD OUT. Hove to Off The Needles by Roger Desoutter.Click For DetailsFAR0427
FAR461. Appledore by Moonlight by Roger Desoutter.Appledore by Moonlight by Roger Desoutter.Click For DetailsFAR0461
FAR535. Greenwich Reach 1887 by Rodney Charman. Greenwich Reach 1887 by Rodney Charman.Click For DetailsFAR0535
FAR726. Journeys End by Rodney Charman. Journeys End by Rodney Charman.Click For DetailsFAR0726
FM0002. HMS Excellent and HMS Calcutta by W Fred Mitchell. HMS Excellent and HMS Calcutta by W Fred Mitchell.Click For DetailsFM0002
GB056. The Coast of France Around Brest, 1801 by John Thomas. The Coast of France Around Brest, 1801 by John Thomas.Click For DetailsGBQ0056
GB057. The Coast of France Around Brest, 1801 by John Thomas. The Coast of France Around Brest, 1801 by John Thomas.Click For DetailsGBQ0057
English Fleet in the Harbour of Valetta circa 1820 depicting Royal Navy ships of the Line in Valetta Harbour.  English Fleet in the Harbour of Valetta, Malta by Schranz. (GL)Click For DetailsGIDT2790
GIFP0977. Encounter Between the Mars and the Hercules by John Christian Schetky. Encounter Between the Mars and the Hercules by John Christian Schetky. (GL)Click For DetailsGIFP0977
GIFP0992GL. The Day After the Battle of Trafalgar by Richard Spencer. The Day After the Battle of Trafalgar by Richard Spencer. (GL)Click For DetailsGIFP0992
GIJL2087GL. The Capture of the Spanish Treasure Ships off Cadiz by Francis Sartorious. The Capture of the Spanish Treasure Ships off Cadiz by Francis Sartorious (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL2087
GIJL2385GL. Shipping at Sunset by Jens Christian Rasmussen. Shipping at Sunset by Jens Christian Rasmussen (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL2385
The Royal Navy aimed to block communications between France and its American colonies. On May 3rd 1747, a British fleet of 14 warships intercepted a French convoy off Cape Finnisterre. The French ships were protected by eight ships of the line, the British fleet under Admiral George Anson attacked the French. Many of the merchant ships escaped, but Admiral Anson pursued the French ships of the line commanded by Admiral La Jonquiere. A series of running fights ended with all French warships sunk or captured. The First Battle of Finnisterre, 3rd May 1747 by Richard Paton (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL3319
Native North Americans approach the galleons of the Europeans. The Discovery of Newfoundland by Robert Dudley. (GS)Click For DetailsGIJL3380
On February 14th, Admiral Sir John Jervis, with 15 naval ships of the line was sailing 25 miles off Cape St Vincent off the coast of Portugal when he encountered 27 Spanish ships under the command of Don Jose de Cordoba sailing from Cadiz. Without waiting for orders Commander Horatio Nelson turned round to lead the attack against the larger Spanish fleet. After the battle the Spanish had lost 4 ships and 3,000 prisoners were taken without the loss of any British warship and only 300 casualties. This naval victory made Sir John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent and Nelson a Knight of the Bath. The Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797 by Thomas Buttersworth (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL3673
GIJL6310GL. A Naval Battle by Thomas Whitcombe. A Naval Battle by Thomas Whitcombe (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL6310
GIJL6311GL. A Man of War off the Dutch Coast by Emmanuel Costa. A Man of War off the Dutch Coast by Emmanuel Costa (GL)Click For DetailsGIJL6311
GISD4460GL. The Mutineers Turning Lt Bligh & Part of the Officers and Crew Adrift from HMS Bounty by Robert Dodd, born 1748 and died 1815. The Mutineers Turning Lt Bligh & Part of the Officers and Crew Adrift from HMS Bounty by Robert Dodd, born 1748 and died 1815. (GL)Click For DetailsGISD4460
GISD4871GS. The Morning Gun by Richard Paton. The Morning Gun by Richard Paton. (GS)Click For DetailsGISD4871
Royal Naval Man of War HMS Britannia, First Rate Ship of the Line with 100 guns ordered 25th April 1751 and built at Portsmouth dockyard, launched 19th October 1762. Renamed in 1810 as HMS Princess Royal in 1812 renamed HMS St George and in 1819 again changed to HMS Barfleur and finally broken up in 1825. HMS Britannia and Other Shipping in Calm Waters by John Ward (GL)Click For DetailsGISD5665
Battle of the Saints during the War of the American Revolution. Following the American victory at Yorktown in 1781, the war moved to the West Indies where a French fleet of 33 war ships commanded by Comte de Grasse began escorting an invasion force of 150 ships towards Jamaica. Between Guadeloupe and Dominica, the French encountered a British force of 37 war ships commanded by Admiral George Rodney. On April 9th 1782, the two fleets engaged in a long range gun duel, each fleet tried manoeuvering for an advantage over the following two days. Three French vessels were put out of action due to collisions, then on the morning of April 12th both fleets engaged in the major battle. The British broke the French line and De Grasse failed to reform the ships in line. After the days battle he surrendered his flag ship Ville de Paris to Admiral Lord Hood on HMS Barfleur. Admiral Rodney in his flag ship HMS Formidable engaged with other Royal Navy ships against four French ships of the line, the rest of the French fleet scattered. De Grasse was the first French naval commander ever to be taken in combat. The Battle of the Saints by John Martin Hillhouse (GL)Click For DetailsGISD9842
GITW1861GL. Review of the Fleet at Spithead by H. M Queen Victoria by A W Fowles. Review of the Fleet at Spithead by H. M Queen Victoria by A W Fowles. (GL)Click For DetailsGITW1861
GITW1862GL. A Royal Review by A W Fowles. A Royal Review by A W Fowles. (GL)Click For DetailsGITW1862
GITW8582GS. Defeat of the Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, 1797 by Hardy. Defeat of the Spanish Fleet off Cape St Vincent, 1797 by Hardy. (GS)Click For DetailsGITW8582
GL066. Battle of Trafalgar by Stephen Dews. Battle of Trafalgar by Steven Dews.Click For DetailsGL0066
GILB2849GS. A Dutch Fleet in a Light Breeze by Charles Martin Powell. A Dutch Fleet in a Light Breeze by Charles Martin Powell. (GS)Click For DetailsGLBX2849
GM129. Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson by L F Abbott. Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson by L F Abbott.Click For DetailsGM0129
GM131. Battle of Trafalgar at 2.30pm by W L Wyllie. Battle of Trafalgar at 2.30pm by W L Wyllie.Click For DetailsGM0131
HD20. Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882 by Henry Dupray. Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882 by Henry Dupray. (P)Click For DetailsHD0020
HD43. Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 by Henry Dupray. Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 by Henry Dupray. (P)Click For DetailsHD0043
JMG1. Japanese Samurai Attack the Mongol Invasion Fleet of Khubilai Kahn, 1281 by John Michael Groves. Japanese Samurai Attack the Mongol Invasion Fleet of Khubilai Kahn, 1281 by John Michael Groves. (P)Click For DetailsJMG0001
After Nelsons Atlantic chase of the French and Spanish fleets and just prior to the Battle of Trafalgar, Victory was at Spithead between 18th August and 15th September 1805. Victory at Portsmouth 1805 by Ken Hammond.Click For DetailsKHAM0002
First Rate 100-gun ship. The masterpiece of the great designer Sir Thomas Slade, Nelsons flagship was far from new at the Battle of Trafalgar, having begun building in 1759. Preserved in dry-dock at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard since 1922, and immaculately restored in recent years, Victory today appears as she was in 1805. HMS Victory by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0001
6-gun schooner. The schooner Pickle battles bravely through the waves, bearing to England the bitter-sweet news of Lord Nelsons death and the great victory at Trafalgar. Commanded by Lt. Lapenotiere, she arrived at Falmouth on the 4th November 1805 from where the Lieutenant brought the news to London by coach. For his efforts, Lapenotiere was promoted Master and Commander. Pickle by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0002
44-gun razee. HMS Indefatigable was an exceptionally powerful frigate, cut down from a 64-gun ship but still carrying 24-pounder cannon. On 13-14 January 1797 she encountered the 74-gun Droits de lHomme. After a running fight through the night in storm conditions the French battleship was wrecked on the Brittany coast. HMS Indefatigable by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0003
Second-rate 98-gun ship. One of the most famous names in the Royal Navy, associated with both the epic action alongside H.M.S. Victory at Trafalgar and with Turners famous painting, Temeraire was launched at Chatham in 1798. In contrast to her later career, her first day under sail, seen here, was calm and peaceful. HMS Temeraire by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0004
Fifth-rate 36-gun frigate. A standard design of the numerous Apollo class, Euryalus was Captain Blackwoods command during the Trafalgar campaign, where she constantly accompanied Nelsons flagship HMS Victory to repeat signals, and to keep the British fleet precisely informed of the location of the Franco-Spanish fleet. HMS Euryalus by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0005
74-gun ship. Commodore Nelsons flagship at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797, the highlight of this ships career (1784-1813) Nelsons orders resulted in Captain steering through the British line in order to engage the leading Spanish battleships, of which two of the largest surrendered to Nelson himself. HMS Captain by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0006
The French Flagship. 80-gun ship. Where the British used 98-gun three-deckers, the French preferred 80-gun two-deckers, of which this is the most famous example. Bucentaure, seen here off Toulon, served as Vice-Admital Villeneuves flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. Le Bucentaure by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0007
The Spanish Flgship. First rate 136-gun ship. Built at Havana in 1769 as a 112-gun ship, re-armed in 1796 with about 136 guns to make her the worlds only ship with four complete gundecks, this celebrated Spanish flagship fought at the battles of St. Vincent and Trafalgar. Several observers remarked on her red and white striped sides. Santisima Trinidad by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0008
14-gun Brig. Famous for her action against the vastly superior Gamo under Lord Cochranes command, Speedy had an extremely active career in the Mediterranean. Much of this involved shore raids and boat work, as suggested in this scene. Patrick OBrian based much of the story of Jack Aubreys beloved Sophie on the exploits of Speedy. HMS Speedy by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0009
Fourth-rate 52-gun ship. By 1797 the fourth-rate was not considered fit for the line of battle, yet that is where H.M.S. Leander found herself, at the Battle of the Nile on 1st August. Here seen passing the grounded Culloden and the brig Mutine, Leander played a distinguished part in the ensuing night action. HMS Leander by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0010
44-gun Heavy Frigate. The first of the American super-frigates, completed at Philadelphia in 1797 to designs by Joshua Humphreys, this powerful ship could carry over 50 guns. Under Stephen Decaturs command, she out-fought and captured the British frigate Macedonian on 25 October 1812. USS United States by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLA0012
His Britannic Majestys 74 gun ship of the line HMS Orion, launched Deptford 1787. Battle honours for HMS Orion: Glorious 1st June 1794, Groix 1795, Cape St Vincent 1797, Battle of the Nile 1798, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Baltic 1807. Orion by Derek Gardner.Click For DetailsLE0157
LEX16. The Victorys Approach - Trafalgar 1805 by Barry Price. The Victorys Approach - Trafalgar 1805 by Barry Price.Click For DetailsLEX0016
Nelsons first flagship leads the squadron, Mediterranean, 1796. Nelson flies his flag as a Commodore, commanding his first squadron. He had commanded the 64-gun battleship Agamemnon, the ship he referred to as his favourite, since 1793. Nelson was given a Commodores pennant in March 1796, making Agamemnon his first flagship. In April 1796, Nelson was operating in the Gulf of Genoa with the small squadron depicted in this beautiful print. Agamemnon is shown leading Meleager 32, Blanche 32, Diadem 64 and the now famous 16 gun brig-sloop Speedy. She was at the centre of events fighting at the Battle of Saintes, the Battle of Copenhagen and of course Trafalgar, the summit of her career. HMS Agamemnon by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0017
A cutter full of illegally press-ganged men draws alongside the huge bulk of HMS Duke William, a massively powerful British 98-gun warship. It is the start of what became known as the Napoleonic Wars and the battleship is to become home to the pressed men. HMS Duke William - Coming Aboard a 98-Gun Ship at the Nore, 1793 by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0018
L19. HMS Artemis - 32 gun Frigate in the Great Southern Ocean by Geoff Hunt. HMS Artemis - 32 gun Frigate in the Great Southern Ocean by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0019
Like most Royal Navy officers of his time, Nelsons continuing career was subject to the vicissitudes of the Services operational needs. After paying off Boreas in 1787 Nelson spent five years on the beach in his native Norfolk. In the winter of 1792, it looked as though, at last, Revolutionary France would declare war on England. To Nelsons delight, his endless entreaties to the Admiralty finally bore fruit. On 7th January 1793 he was appointed to command HMS Agamemnon. Nelson looked forward to his new command with enthusiasm. He was 34 years old, mature, experienced, with 14 years seniority on the post list and he had spent much of the last five years thinking about naval tactics. If Nelson was in the prime of life then so also was Agamemnon. Built twelve years previously, of New Forest Oak, she was launched at Bucklers Hard on the river Beaulieu in Hampshire and was, unusually at that time, for the technique was then still quite new, copper-bottomed. In 1793 Agamemnon was, for her size, one of the fastest warships afloat anywhere. Her 64 guns made her technically a thirdrate, by this date the smallest type to appear in the line of battle. Once in commission, Nelson decided that her size did not matter: far more importantly, she sailed well, and her strength and speed would offer opportunities a larger vessel might miss. It was said, she could outsail anything she could not outgun and outgun anything she could not outsail. As far as possible, Nelson recruited his crew from volunteers in Norfolk where he was well-known and which anyway had the reputation for producing fine seamen. The high proportion of volunteers undoubtedly contributed to the effectiveness of a ship that was to become renowned for its fighting efficiency. After a brief interlude of Channel patrols Agamemnon was soon despatched to the Mediterranean to serve under the command of Admiral Lord Hood. France had finally declared war on England on 1st February. For the next three years Nelson and Agamemnon served with distinction in a variety of naval operations in the Mediterranean. A happy ship, devoted to their Captain, Agamemnon was never far from the action. As might be expected with Nelson in command, many of the actions were somewhat unconventional. Perhaps the most notable of these was his involvement in the amphibious campaign in Corsica which finally resulted in the capture of Calvi. The incident portrayed in Geoff Hunts painting took place on 13th March 1795. By this time Lord Hood had been succeeded by Vice-Admiral Hotham as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean. Hothams hesitancy and caution did not endear him to Nelson. The blockade of Toulon, a central part of British naval strategy, continued under Hotham who on 6th March ordered part of the fleet to pursue seventeen enemy ships of the line and five smaller ships that had been observed emerging from Toulon, bound for Corsica. Poor winds handicapped the pursuit but at dawn on 13th March the British fleet found itself twelve miles from a retreating enemy with Agamemnon, the fastest ship in the fleet, pulling away from the rest except for Captain Fremantles Inconstant. The French might have escaped altogether but one of their 80-gun sIrips of the line - the Ca Ira - had been in collision with another and lost her fore and main topmasts. The Inconstant, a frigate of only 36 guns, engaged the Ca Ira but had to withdraw badly damaged. Agamemnon, now several miles ahead of the rest of the fleet, was the next to engage. By this rime the Ca Ira was in tow by the Vestale and was protected by two other ships of the line - one of 74, the other of 120 guns. Nelsons technique of dealing with the far larger Ca Ira which Nelson described as absolutely large enough to have taken the Agamemnon in her hold was to attack her from the stern so that the Ca Ira could never bring either of her devastating broadsides to bear. However, considerable damage was done by her stern chasers. Nelson had not intended to fire until he was almost touching the Ca Ira but he changed his mind, allowing Agamemnon to bear away from the line of pursuit so that her broadside could be fired. It is precisely this moment that is portrayed in the painting. For 2 and a half hours Agamemnon slowly closed on the Ca Ira in the light airs, slowed only by bearing away to fire her broadside. Although Agamemnon was constantly hit by the accurate stern chaser fire from Ca Ira and her sails and rigging considerably damaged none of the ships crew were killed although some were wounded. The Ca Ira, on the other hand, was hit constantly by the double-shotted broadsides and suffered heavy casualties. By 1pm the signal of recall had been hoisted by Hotham and to Nelsons great irritation the Ca Ira was allowed to escape. She was captured next day by a larger force of British ships but Nelson was appalled at Hothams decision not to continue his pursuit of the main fleet. Absolutely in the horrors, as he described it, he heard Admiral Hotham say: We must be contented: we have done very well. In a further letter about the action Nelson spelled out his own ambition: I wish to be an Admiral, and in command of the English fleet. I should very soon either do much, or be ruined. My disposition cannot bear tame and slow measures. Agamemnon Opens Fire on the Ca Ira, 13th March 1795 by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0020
On 18th March 1784, Nelson was extremely lucky to be appointed to command HMS Boreas. The previous September, the Treaty of Versailles had ended the American War of Independence and many naval officers anticipated an extended period on the beach. Perhaps through political influence, Nelson was singled out for the command of the 28-gun frigate Boreas which was destined for a commission in the West Indies. The frigate was the most glamorous warship type in the navy. Although not heavily gunned, it was fast enough to evade larger enemies. It was likely to be given an independent role, whilst ships of the line normally operated in fleets off the enemy coast. The frigate often fought singleship actions against enemy frigates and these were followed avidly by the press and public. Successful frigate captains had something of the image of top-scoring fighter pilots in the Second World War and a few achieved great fame and riches derived from prize money. The frigate was designed with an unarmed lower deck so that its guns were well above the water line, this meant that it could be allowed to heel quite considerably and carry sail in strong wind and heavy seas. On occasion frigates made fourteen knots, making them the fastest ships in the navy. The frigate was used for convoy escort, commerce raiding and patrols. They were also the eyes of the battle fleet. Nelsons time with Boreas, his only peacetime commission, came close to being professional suicide although on all occasions Nelson had, strictly speaking, been in the right. He also found himself being sued for £40,000, something of a problem for a man whose full pay was £260 a year! Before Boreas arrived on station, she had to make the long voyage across the Atlantic carrying passengers with government connections as was common at this time. Amongst the passengers was Lady Hughes, the wife of a senior naval officer with whom he was later to clash, but who provided good company on the voyage. Very much later she wrote about her experiences on Boreas. She observed, with considerable insight, Nelsons leadership abilities, particularly in regard to the many young midshipmen on board, some of whom might have been as young as 12 or 13. She wrote: Among such a number, it may reasonably be supposed there must have been timid spirits, as well as bold. The timid he never rebuked, but always wished to show them he desired nothing that he would not instantly do himself. and I have known him say, Well, sir, I am going a race to the mast-head, and beg I may meet you there. No denial could be given to such a request, and the poor little fellow instantly began to climb the shrouds. Captain Nelson never took the least notice in what manner it was done, but when they met in the top, spoke in the most cheerful terms to the midshipman, and observed how much any person was to be pitied who could fancy there was any danger, or even anything disagreeable in the attempt. After this excellent example, I have seen the same youth who before was so timid, lead another in like manner, and repeat his commanders words. The main problems he encountered in the West Indies, which made the next nine months on the station wretched and frustrating for him, were caused by the newly found independence of the American colonies which were, under the English Navigation Acts, no longer allowed to trade with British colonies, including those that were close at hand in the West Indies. Nelson later described the problem he faced: The Americans, when colonists, possessed almost all the trade from America to our West India islands, on the return to peace (after the War of Independence) they forgot, on this occasion, they became foreigners, and of course had no right to trade in the British colonies. But of course they were trading, and no one was trying to stop them: Our Governors and Custom-house Officers pretended that by the Navigation Act they had a right to trade, and all the West Indians wished that was so much in their interest. Nelson found he was senior captain on the station and he took his responsibility seriously. He knew the trade was illegal and was determined to stop it. Admiral Hughes was in overall command but he was a weak man and turned a blind eye to the local trade with America. Nelson declined to do this and the result was a confrontation, not just with Hughes but the local traders, including the islanders of Nevis who banded together to sue him for the trade he had lost them. Although Nelson was vindicated by the Admiralty the legal ramifications took years to sort out. If the island of Nevis brought him a very disagreeable legal action, it also brought him a wife. One might surmise that his somewhat impetuous decision to marry was prompted, to some extent, by the loneliness and unhappiness the commission had brought him. Frances Nisbet was a widow of 27, with a five-year-old son, Josiah. Her father had been a judge on the island, her husband, the familys doctor, had succumbed to the very tropical diseases he was called on so often to treat. When Nelson met her she was keeping house for her uncle, John Richardson Herbert, a rich local landowner and politician. Nelsons courtship of Fanny Nisbet was carried out largely by letter as Boreas carried out her duties throughout the West Indies. The marriage took place at John Herberts house, Mompelier, on 11 th March 1787, the best man being Lieutenant Digby Dent of the Boreas. Geoff Hunts painting shows Boreas on passage to Nevis in the spring of 1787, the ship and her crew enjoying the warm weather and steady prevailing winds. It was no hardship to be a masthead lookout in such conditions. Boreas in the West Indies March 1787 by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0021
The morning of 21st October 1805 dawned clear, under a hazy sky, with a breeze from the west-north-west so light that the sea was scarcely ruffled. At ten to six on this beautiful autumn morning, Nelsons ships sighted the French and Spanish fleet against the dawn sky. The British ships, in line ahead, were sailing slowly north and rolling in a long Atlantic swell. There were 17,000 men in the British fleet and the vast majority were relieved, if apprehensive, that their long years of waiting were about to come to an end. With Nelson in command there was never the slightest doubt of victory, only of how extensive the victory might be. As soon as it was light enough for flags to be seen, Lord Nelson hoisted the first of his signals that morning: to prepare for battle, and then, in the words of the naval signal book, to bear up and sail large on the course set by the Admiral. The Victorys bow began to swing into the path of the rising sun and soon every ship in the English fleet was altering course towards the enemy. All sail was set, and as the morning advanced and the sun grew warmer, an air that was almost festive pervaded the fleet. From rime to time, the captains hailed each other with megaphones, and wished each other an enemy ship in tow before the night. Small boats were launched and rowed from ship to ship, for in this light wind the speed of the fleet was easily overtaken by a rowers pace. And down in the gloom of the gundecks men chalked defiant slogans on their guns. The French and Spanish did not sight the British fleet until six oclock, because the light was behind them. When they did, their feelings at the sight were different. The British felt they had caught their enemy, the French and the Spanish felt they had been caught. The British never doubted Nelson would lead them to victory, but a good many of the French and Spanish suspected their own admiral of cowardice, and only hoped at the best to save their own honour in defeat. They were willing to fight, but among those who were well informed, there was not much doubt of what the result would be if a battle began. The only doubt at dawn was whether the breeze would hold so that a battle would begin that day, and end before the night. At nine oclock the enemy fleet were five miles distant. Any sombre thoughts had been dispelled by the air of gaiety. The sun was well up and the sea sparkling. The tension was relieved by the sound of bands on the poops of some of the ships playing Rule Britannia and Britons Strike Home and clearly heard in the ships that had no bands. In such light airs the great ships crept forward, rolling slowly in the Atlantic swell. Every captain made his rounds as the morning wore on, as did Nelson, and food was issued early - it seemed the battle would come at the time of their normal mid-day meal. At eleven oiclock the distance between the two fleets had closed to two miles. The English fleet was divided into two columns, Nelson and Victory leading one and Collingwood in Royal Sovereign the other. At this time it is said that Nelson was prevailed on by his staff to allow another ship ahead of the Victory to take the first shock of the attack. Nelson outwardly agreed to this, and Temeraire, Captain Harvey, was accordingly signalled to overtake. As she came up to do this Nelson himself, by one account, leaned over the quarterdeck rail and hailed her, calling out I will thank you, Captain Harvey, to keep in your proper station, which is astern of the Victory! Strictly true or not - and according to her log Temeraire was at one time within a ships length of the Victory the story provides the framework for this picture. Under very light winds, with a great ground swell running, the two leading ships of the British windward column have about 45 minutes, much of it under fire which they cannot return, before they can cut through the enemy line. Victorys original aiming-point was the great Spanish flagship the Santisima Trinidad, at 140 guns the worlds heaviest-armed warship, visible here between Victory and Temeraire. Aboard Victory the signal hoists are preparing for Nelsons celebrated signal, England expects that every man will do his duty. Away to the right Collingwoods flagship, Royal Sovereign, is leading the leeward column into action, some of the enemy ships already trying shots at her. The long, slow approach to battle gave Trafalgar a unique atmosphere. At dawn, there was the confidence on one side and the lack of it on the other: not many great battles have been fought in which the outnumbered side was perfectly sure it would win and the other was almost sure it would lose. Then, all through the forenoon, everyone waited with very little to do while the British fleet crept towards its enemy, and the French and the Spanish fleet manoeuvred helplessly in the ocean swell. The approach had taken six hours, enough time for every man to feel his secret fears and to steady himself by the thought of who and what he was fighting for. When the great shock of the battle came it must have been a relief. By nightfall a great naval victory had been won, dispelling for ever the possibility of an invasion of the British Isles by Napoleons armies. The victory that afternoon also established a supremacy at sea which was not challenged for a hundred years. The death of Nelson at the height of the battle placed the laurel leaves of immortality on his brow and he remains today Britains most enduring, and sympathetic, national hero. Victory Races Temeraire for the Enemy Line, Trafalgar 21st October 1805 by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0022
The seven months Nelson spent ashore after the disastrous Tenerife campaign which cost him an arm, were the happiest period of his marriage to Fanny. As she nursed him back to health they appeared to be living in domestic bliss, disturbed only by his annoyance at having missed the resounding victory at Camperdown on 11th October 1797. When he became fit for service Nelson was informed that the new 80gun ship Foudroyant which had been intended as his flagship was delayed in construction and instead he was to be given the 10-year-old Vanguard instead. A 74-gun ship of the line, Vanguard had been built in the Royal Dockyard at Deptford near London to the design of Sir Thomas Slade. The greatest naval architect of his age, Slades masterpiece was the Victory, and he introduced the 74-gun ship into British service. The French had been the first to build 2-decker 74s, a far more efficient design than the British 3-decker 80-gun ship. The 74 was also the smallest ship that could carry a battery of 32-pounder guns on the lower deck, 32-pounders having proved to be the most effective naval ordnance in service. As an Admiral, Nelson theoretically left the choice of crew to his Captain, Edward Berry. In practice, however, many old associates were accommodated and Berry himself had served under Nelson on both Agamemnon and Captain. On 29th March 1798 Nelson hoisted his flag in Vanguard, then anchored at Spithead, to the accompaniment of a 15-gun salute. On 1st April the Vanguard sailed to join the Mediterranean fleet under Earl St Vincent off Cadiz. Warmly welcomed by St Vincent, he was ordered to take a small force consisting of Vanguard and two other 74-gun ships and three frigates into the Mediterranean and attempt to find out what the French were doing in Toulon. After picking up stores and the two additional 74s in Gibraltar, Nelson entered the Mediterranean. About 70 miles from Toulon they were fortunate in encountering and taking a small French warship, La Pierre. The captured crew were interrogated individually and it became clear that Napoleon was in Toulon and there were plans for the French fleet to move large numbers of troops to a destination that had not been revealed to the prisoners. Nelson placed his ships 75 miles south of Toulon which he felt would give them the best opportunity to intercept enemy ships coining out of or entering Toulon. We now come to the subject of Geoff Hunts painting. Early on the morning of 19th May, as the artist has portrayed, Nelsons fleet found itself in heavy weather. All the ships began to furl some of their sails and then take down their upper yards and masts. No-one realised that this was the precursor to a near disaster. On the 20th, the threat seemed to have passed and the ships settled down to their usual routine and there was no premonition of any trouble ahead. On the contrary, during the afternoon of 20th, Vanguards crew were hauling up upper masts and yards, the topgallants and royals, in anticipation of some fair weather sailing. But at 8pm the wind began to increase to fresh breezes and the sails were ordered in. By 10pm it was growing worse with the ships close-reefing the topsails on all three masts. By midnight Vanguard was only wearing a special heavy-weather sail while two of the other ships had sails blown out during the night. Vanguard fared considerably worse. At 1am on 21st the main topmast gave way and crashed over the side taking a seaman with it to his death, while another was killed falling onto the deck. Others managed to hold on to the remains of the mast and climb back on board. The main topmast was soon followed by the fore topmast and two hours later the foremast broke just above the deck crashing down over the bows. A third man was killed while clearing the ensuing chaos. In spite of the gale and much reduced sail area, Vanguard was able to change direction and avoid being driven onto the rocky coast of Corsica which was not far distant. The gale continued throughout the afternoon and evening of Monday 21st but then began to moderate in the early hours of the 22nd. Captain Alexander Ball of Alexander was able to take Vanguard in tow but then a new threat appeared. In the late afternoon the winds dropped almost to nothing, creating even greater dangers for ships that were now not far off the rocky coast of Sardinia. The wind remained very light and the ships were in increasing danger as they drifted towards the shore. Nelson hailed Captain Ball in the Alexander with an order to cast off the tow so that Balls ship which was not damaged might at least be saved. With an attitude that could only be called Nelsonic, Ball refused the order even when it was repeated with threats. Within an hour a breeze got up from the north-west sufficient to allow the ships to avoid destruction on the rocky shore and to reach the safe haven of a protected bay. As soon as possible, Nelson visited Alexander to give his grateful thanks to Ball who from then onjoined his circle of constant friends. He wrote later to Fanny, figure to yourself a vain man on Sunday evening at sunset, walking in his cabin with a squadron about him who looked up to their chief to lead them to glory, and in whom this chief placed the firmest reliance. Figure to yourself this proud conceited man, when the sun rose on Monday morning: his ship dismasted, his fleet dispersed, and himself in such distress that the meanest frigate out of France would have been a very unwelcome guest. Vanguard in Heavy Weather off Toulon, 19th May 1798 by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0023
<b>SOLD OUT. Victory and Squadron in Light Airs by Geoff HuntClick For DetailsLI0024
The Treaty of Amiens in March 1802 brought a brief respite in the long war between France and England, one that Nelson was able to enjoy as a country gentleman in his newly acquired estate at Merton in the company of Emma Hamilton and her husband, Sir Wilham Hamilton. The renewal of the war in the spring of 1803 saw Nelson appointed to the Mediterranean Command, hoisting his flag in Victory on May 18th. It was a renewal of the war in more ways than one, not least in the different strengths England and France brought to the conflict. Except where overweening ambition had brought his downfall, Napoleon was entirely dominant on land while the Royal Navy commanded the sea. In the long run, Napoleon could only win the war by invading England but this could not succeed without, at the very least, local naval supremacy in the Channel and Napoleons maritime strategy was largely devoted to achieving this. By the same token British strategy was driven by the need to prevent it. Rather than put the matter to the test in the Channel, the Royal Navys strategy was to keep the French, and later their new allies, the Spanish, bottled up in their own ports. This blockade was the campaign that Nelson joined when Victory finally arrived off Toulon on July 8th 1803. Although less glorious than any out-and-out naval battle, this campaign was an extraordinary feat of endurance by the Royal Navy which lasted with only a brief interruption for the Treaty of Amiens, from 1797 to 1805. It involved endless days and nights at sea, in all weathers, where boredom and morale became as big a factor as the elements, let alone the rarely glimpsed enemy. After joining his command mi the Mediterranean it would be nearly two years before Nelson set foot on land again. Napoleon would never be content to let his ships be contained forever. In January 1805, on his orders and rather to their own surprise, his fleets escaped the blockades at Toulon and Rochefort. Nelsons first reaction was to search the Mediterranean but for once his strategic instinct was wrong. Napoleon was about to attempt a piece of grand strategy that would allow his army of 175,000 now assembling at Boulogne to cross the Channel and finally defeat his old enemy. This would be achieved by concentrating all his naval forces together in the Channel, having first lured the Royal Navy off on chase across the Atlantic to the West Indies. After a hesitant start by the French, whose ships crews had spent too long in harbour and lacked seamanship, they were blessed with good luck and escaped observation by the Royal Navy. But Nelson had now guessed their plan, with its double threat to both English interests in the West Indies and the Channel. Nelsons pursuit of Admiral Villeneuve across the Atlantic was a classic naval chase and is the subject of Geoff Hunts painting. It was the only time Victory ever crossed the Atlantic (it was virtually unknown for first-rate ships to do so) and she is seen carrying a very full set of sails, including stun sails, for maximum speed on the westward run. Behind her stretches a colurnn of ships from the Mediterranean Fleet, with an accompanying frigate to starboard. Nelson completed his westward crossing of the Atlantic 10 days faster than Villeneuve and but for some mistaken intelligence might well have brought the French and Spanish fleet to battle. But Villeneuve had already fled the West Indies when Nelson arrived. Although Nelson resumed the chase back across the Atlantic he failed to catch the enemy fleet. While the results had been inconclusive and Nelson worried how it might be judged at the Admiralty, the reality was that Napoleons grand strategy had proved impractical. The Royal Navy had not been long misled and the enemy had only narrowly avoided a fleet encounter. When Villeneuve finally arrived at Cadiz on August 20th 1805 both his ships and the morale of his men were at a low ebb. He had little heart for the final test that he knew would come. Victory on the Atlantic Chase by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0026
Nelsons long-considered plan for dealing with a numerically superior force involved breaking their line in two places with two squadrons, the spearheads of each squadron being his biggest ships. The two squadrons were to attack the enemy line at right-angles, relying on breaking through quickly and then turning to overwhelm separated sections of their fleet before the remainder could turn back to intervene. The situation at Trafalgar did indeed produce a superior enemy force, 33 French and Spanish battleships to Nelsons 27, and the stage was set for his plan to be implemented. One of the two British squadrons was to be spearheaded by the Royal Sovereign, the other by Victory herself, although he had other heavy ships which could have led the way. But Nelson had not foreseen the very light wind and the consequent agonisingly slow approach, slower than walking pace, on the actual day. Victory took an awful pounding before she ever arrived at the Franco-Spanish line.The mizzen topmast was shot away, as was the ships wheel, which meant that she had to be steered by tiller in the gunroom, with instructions shouted down from on deck. Her crew already had casualties of twenty officers and men dead, thirty wounded, before she could fire a shot in reply. Nevertheless the pivotal moment finally arrived, as seen in this painting. Victory, her guns silent until now, is just about to pass under the stern of the French flagship, Admiral Villeneuves Bucentaure. The ships are so close that Victorys yardarm brushes the French Ships rigging. As Victory passes she fires her port broadside of fifty cannons and one carronade through Bucentaures transom and stern windows, the most vulnerable part of any sailing warship, sweeping the decks from end to end. This shattering blow which is thought to have dismounted twenty guns and killed or injured four hundred men, virtually knocked the French flagship out of the fight. Entering from the left is the 74-gun Redoutable, commanded by the formidable Captain Lucas, who had trained his crew to the highest pitch in fighting at close quarters. Victory will very shortly find herself alongside Redoutable, from which the shot is fired that kills Nelson. Victory Breaks the Enemy Line by Geoff Hunt.Click For DetailsLI0042
British Vice Admiral Nelson of the Royal Navy, is shot on the quarter deck of his flag ship, H.M.S. VICTORY at the height of the Battle of Trafalgar. He later dies from the mortal bullet wound. Despite this loss, the French and Spanish Fleets are roundly defeated in this epic sea engagement of the Napoleonic Wars. Victorys Loss by Mark Churms.Click For DetailsMC0013
NTR0140. HMS Victory by Barry Price. HMS Victory by Barry Price.Click For DetailsNTR0140
NTR0141. Cutty Sark by Barry Price. Cutty Sark by Barry Price.Click For DetailsNTR0141
The Wool Clipper Mount Stewart. Built 1891, broken up 1925. Mount Stewart by Barry Price. (P)Click For DetailsNTR0904
Published in the 1980s, we have only a few copies left of this sold out edition. The High Flyer by W J Popham.Click For DetailsSC0016
Published in the 1970s, we have less than 20 copies of this print left. The Flying Cloud by W J Popham.Click For DetailsSC0017
Signed limited edition of 750 giclee paper prints. Defeat of the Spanish Armada by Stan Stokes.Click For DetailsSTK0206
The USS Constitution, Old Ironsides plows through some moderate seas under full sail off the rocky New England coastline. The oldest commissioned ship in the US Navy, she can be toured at her dock in Boston. Old Ironsides by Stan Stokes.Click For DetailsSTK0211
The HMS Victory crosses the T in a most unorthodox naval maneuver, leading to the defeat of the Franco-Spanish fleet. Admiral Nelson would lose his life as a result of the epic battle, and forever earn a revered place in the minds and hearts of his countrymen. The Battle of Trafalgar by Stan Stokes.Click For DetailsSTK0214
VAR306. The Final Destruction of Bomarsund, September 2nd 1854. The Final Destruction of Bomarsund, September 2nd 1854.Click For DetailsVAR0306
Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta set sail for the New World. Columbus 1492 by J. W. Carey.Click For DetailsVAR0326

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