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The Gallant Action (off the Isle of Man) where the Brave Capt Elliot - Defeated & took the Marshall Belleisle, Commanded by the Famous Thurot, and two other French Ships of War on the 28th of February 1760
'Aeolus' is shown in the foreground on the right hand side of the picture. Plate No.5.; Stored with PAD7510-PAD7513, PAD7515-PAD7520.
Inscribed left to right under the ships depicted: 'Brilliant - Capt. Loggie, 30 guns, 240 men; Le Terpischore, Capt. Defravandois, 26 guns, 300 men; Pallas, Capt. Clements, 36 guns, 240 men; Le Blonde, Capt. La Kayce, 32 guns, 400 men; Aeole, Capt. Elliot, 32 guns, 220 men; Marshall Belleisle, Mons. Thurot, 44 guns, 545 men'
Inscribed left to right under the ships depicted: 'Brilliant - Capt. Loggie, 30 guns, 240 men; Le Terpischore, Capt. Defravandois, 26 guns, 300 men; Pallas, Capt. Clements, 36 guns, 240 men; Le Blonde, Capt. La Kayce, 32 guns, 400 men; Aeole, Capt. Elliot, 32 guns, 220 men; Marshall Belleisle, Mons. Thurot, 44 guns, 545 men'
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD7514 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Swaine, Francis; Elizabeth Bakewell & Henry Parker Bowles, John Canot, Pierre Charles Sayer, Robert |
| Places: | Unlinked place |
| Vessels: | Marechal de Belleisle (1757); Aeolus (1758) |
| Date made: | 1758; 28 Feb 1760 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 173 mm x 275 mm |