HM Brig 'Acorn', 16 guns, in chase of the piratical slaver 'Gabriel'
Print. This print is a copy of an original painting by the artis Nicholas Matthew Condy, (See BHC0628). The British West Africa Squadron was established in 1808. Its primary role being to suppress any activity by British slavers. It was also assigned for other activities. The squadron was to be ready for combat at sea, to blockade ports between Cape Verde and Benguela if necessary, to seize foreign slavers, and to protect legitimate traders.
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Object Details
ID: | PAG9195 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Condy, Nicolas Matthew; Fry, Edmund Dutton, Thomas Goldsworthy |
Vessels: | Acorn (1838) |
Date made: | 1841 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 375 mm x 536 mm; Image: 300 mm x 400 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 634 mm |
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