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water transport: cargo vessel: brig, revenue
water transport: cargo vessel: East Indiaman
water transport: cargo vessel: smuggler
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Andrews, George
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A fleet leaving the Tagus (Drawing)
Cadiz 1797 The Offshore Blockading Squadrons under St Vincent (Drawing)
A Yatch (yacht) close-hauled (Print)
Earl St Vincent leaving Lisbon in the Ville de Paris 31 March 1797? (Drawing)
Battle of St Vincent 1797 (Drawing)
Battle of the Nile, 1st August 1798 (Drawing)
Caroline 36 guns, being chased by French ships (Drawing)
Cadiz June 1797. The inshore blockading squadron coming to an anchor. Depicting Bellerophon, Orion, Theseus, Colos and Irresistable (Drawing)
The Battle of St Vincent, 14 February 1797 the Victory raking the Salvador de Mundo (Drawing)
The Plate representing the Captain... boarding the San Joseph... and the San Nicholas..... (Print)
The Battle of St Vincent, 14 February 1797 the San Nicolas, San Ysidro and Salvador de Mundo after their surrender (Drawing)
HMS Seahorse capturing the Badiri-i-Zaffer, 6 July 1808 (Painting)
A Smuggling Lugger Chased by a Naval Brig (Painting)
The ship 'Ville de Paris' under full sail (Painting)
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: end of the action (Painting)
Plate depicting ships captured by Nelson 1793-1801 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and Battle of Copenhagen (Print)
Plate of ships captured by Nelson 1793-1805 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Copenhagen (Print)
The Plate Patronized by Viscount Nelson...who has assisted at the Capture of 46...Battle Ships in the War from 1793 to 1805 (Print)
This Plate is Patronized by...Nelson...who has assisted at the Capture of 46 sail of the Enemies Line of Battle Ships...1793 to 1805 (Print)
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action (Painting)
To Captain H Hope... of His Majesty's Frigate Endymion... the Morning after the Action with the American United States Frigate President, Jany 16th 1814... (Print)
Plate of ships captured by Nelson 1793-1805 and also the Battle of Genoa, Battle off Cape St Vincent, Battle of the Nile and the Battle of Copenhagen (Print)
The barque Iris at sea (Painting)
Mahratta pirates attacking the sloop 'Aurora', of the Bombay Marine, 1812; end of the action (Painting)
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