An Accurate Plan of the Three Positions of the British Fleet. Before Lord Nelson Commenced the Action...21 Oct 1805...
A plan of ships and their positions at day-break, at 9am and just before the Battle of Trafalgar. All the ships are named, along with the names of their captains and the number of guns they had. The French fleet are also marked. The vessels mentioned are Victory, Temeraire, Neptune, Brittania, Leviathon, Conqueror, Agamemnon, Ajax, Orion, Minotaur, Spartiate, Royal Soveriegn, Bellisle, Mars, Tonnant, Bellerophon, Achille, Polyphermus, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defence, Dreadnought, Prince, Thunderer, and Defiance. Hand-coloured.
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Object Details
ID: | PAI8830 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie |
Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
Vessels: | Ajax (1798) |
Date made: | 17 Dec 1805 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 415 x 265 mm |
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