The frigate 'Blanche', 32 guns, capturing the French frigate 'La Pique', 40 guns, off Guadeloupe on 5 January 1795
'La Pique' was captured by the 'Blanche' off Guadeloupe on 5 Jan 1795. 'Blanche', with only her foremast standing, is shown left centre in port-broadside view, ahead of, and firing her stern guns at 'La Pique', also in port-broadside view, with all of her masts shot away. The whole is depicted in a calm sea with a setting full moon at extreme left.
PAG8933 is a pendant, depicting a key stage in the action over three hours earlier.
PAG8933 is a pendant, depicting a key stage in the action over three hours earlier.
Object Details
| ID: | PAG8934 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Orde, Thomas; Rosenberg, Charles |
| Events: | French Revolutionary Wars: Capture of the Pique, 1795 |
| Vessels: | Blanche (1786); Pique (1785) |
| Date made: | 1 Jan 1797 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 367 x 458 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 634 mm |