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” by Francis Sartorius II. Painting in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
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
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