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Capture of L' Immortalite Octr. 20th. 1798 [by the 'Fisgard']
This images shows port stern quarter views of the L'Immortalite (on the left) and the Fisgard (on the right) as they both run before the wind, engaging in broadside gun battle. Smoke billows between the vessels and both have holed sails. L'Immortalite flies the French flag at her stern, while the Fisgard flies the red ensign.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD5611 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Sutherland, Thomas; Whitcombe, Thomas Jenkins, J. |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Action off Brest, 1798 |
| Vessels: | La Resistance (1795); L'Immortalite (1797) |
| Date made: | 1 Nov 1816 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 214 mm x 299 mm |