The Prometheus & Melpomene standing into the Gulph of Riga, to meet the boats of the British Squadron, and prizes cut out during the night August 1809. From a drawing by Mr Hood, Midn of the Melpomene

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The Prometheus & Melpomene standing into the Gulph of Riga, to meet the boats of the British Squadron, and prizes cut out during the night August 1809. From a drawing by Mr Hood, Midn of the Melpomene

Hand-coloured. Illustration for James Ralfe, 'The Naval Chronology of Great Britain', 3 vols. (London: Whitmore and Fenn, 1820), volume 2, opposite p. 226.

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Object Details

ID:	PAD5786
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Havell, Daniel; Hood, Robert Whitcombe, Thomas
Places:	Gulf of Riga
Vessels:	Melpomene 1794 [HMS]; Prometheus 1807 [HMS]
Date made:	1794; 1807 Aug 1809
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Mount: 154 mm x 217 mm