Sole-Bay Fight 1672... engagement... between the British and Dutch Fleets in Southwold Bay, May 28th 1672. This view represents the Royal James encountered by a fireship and the entire squadron under van Ghent which occasioned her being blown up with... Earl of Sandwich and 600 of her crew

Print: after van de Velde (see BHC0302)

Object Details

ID: PAF4525
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Parrott, William; Hanhart, Michael Hanhart, Nicholas
Events: Third Anglo-Dutch War: Battle of Solebay, 1672
Vessels: Royal James (1671)
Date made: 1671; May 1672
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 13 1/4 in x 15 3/4 in