Le Brig Le Cygne Commande par Mr De Fresne, aborde par les embarcations d'une division Anglaise. Episodes Maritimes
Dramatic depiction of the moment when Le Cygne was boarded by an English Division on 12 December, during the action in Martinique, 1808. She was destroyed the next day a Saint Pierre by the 18-gun 'Amaranthe'.
Object Details
| ID: | PAG9053 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Lemercier; Bayot Mayer, Auguste Etienne Francois |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Destruction of Cygne, 1808 |
| Vessels: | Cygne (1808) |
| Date made: | 12 Dec 1808 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 395 x 546 mm; Mount: 480 mm x 633 mm |