“Action of 7 February 1813” painting by Louis-Philippe Crépin held in collection at Versailles

Combat de la frégate française ”l’Aréthuse” contre la frégate anglaise ”l’Amélia” sur la côte de Guinée, le 7 février 1813 painting by Louis-Philippe Crépin.

Action between the French frigate Aréthuse (40) and Royal Navy frigate HMS Amelia (38) off the shores of Guinea, West Africa, on 7 February 1813.

The painting is located in the collection at of Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon.

Combat de la frégate française ”l’Aréthuse” contre la frégate anglaise ”l’Amélia” sur la côte de Guinée, le 7 février 1813.

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

Strachan’s Action after Trafalgar, 4 November 1805: Bringing Home the Prizes

“Strachan’s Action after Trafalgar, 4 November 1805: Bringing Home the Prizes” by Francis Sartorius II. Painting in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

HMS Defiant (1962)

Billed in the US as “Damn the Defiant!”

OTDIH 15 July 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered aboard HMS Bellerophon

On this day in history, 15th July 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte surrendered to Captain Frederick Maitland, RN aboard HMS Bellerophon.

This portrait “Napoleon Bonaparte on Board the ‘Bellerophon’ in Plymouth Sound” is by Charles Lock Eastlake and is in the collection at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

Napoleon Bonaparte on Board the ‘Bellerophon’ in Plymouth Sound
by Charles Lock Eastlake

Myths of Nelson’s Navy (2000)