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.

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