Le Cygne Capitaine menouvrier defresne contre une division Anglaise sous la Martinique 12 Decembre 1808. Combats Maritimes

Depiction of several ships and life boats during the action at Martinique in 1808. Inscribed in French: "Le Cygne, Captain Menouvrier Defrensne, against an English division near Martinique 12.12.1808". The Circe, a British ship, is shown in the centre right of the picture. There is a longer description of the action in William Laird Clowes' "The Royal Navy, a History" Vol.V p.429.
Hand-coloured; Plate 35.

Object Details

ID: PAG9051
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Anaglyphic Company; Durand-Brager, Jean Baptiste Henri Jeannin Delaplante & Durand Brager Lemercier
Places: Unlinked place
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Destruction of Cygne, 1808
Vessels: Cygne (1808); Circe (1804)
Date made: 15 Aug 1844
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 447 x 568 mm; Mount: 477 mm x 630 mm