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.
Object Details
| ID: | PAG9052 |
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| Type: | |
| 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: 423 x 580 mm; Mount: 18 7/8 in x 25 in |