Duckworth’s Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 by Nicholas Pocock

Wonderful painting of the Battle of San Domingo (6 Feb 1806) by Nicholas Pocock, now in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

Vice Admiral Duckworth’s dispatch after the battle was printed in the London Gazette on 24 March 1806.

Duckworth’s Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 by Nicholas Pocock

Photos of Royal Navy vessels at Gibraltar

Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon is pictured operating near Gibraltar during a seven month deployment to the Middle East. © Crown Copyright 2013
Photographer: L(Phot) Dave Jenkins.

HMS Sabre together with sister ships HMS Scimitar form the core of the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron. The small team – the two Scimitar-class patrol boats, 19 personnel, and three Arctic 24 rigid-hulled inflatable boats – is one of only two permanently deployed sea-going units. © Crown Copyright. Photographer: LA(Phot) Stuart Hill.

The Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster loads up with supplies at Her Majesty’s Naval Base, Gibraltar on the morning of the 2nd of March 2011. Crown Copyright. Photographer: Cpl Ralph Merry ABIPP RAF.

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Cougar Task Group visits Gibraltar. Crown Copyright. Picture: LA(Phot) Maxine Davies

A member of the Submarine Parachute Assistance Group (SPAG) is pictured on a practices jump into the bay of Gibraltar during an annual training exercise. Crown Copyright. Photographer: Cpl Ralph Merry ABIPP RAF.

HMS Talent (S92) at Z Berth, HM Naval Base, Gibraltar. Photographer: Moshi Anahory.

HMS Daring visits Gibraltar on the ship’s first deployment, 2012. Crown Copyright.