To the Honble Augustus Keppel... An exact Representation of the First Attack, made by the British Fleet... 8 April 1761, at Port Andro on Belleisle...

View of the first attack on Port Andro, Belleisle, by the British fleet (left to right: ‘Dragon’ in starboard bow view, ‘Prince of Orange’ in starboard quarter view, ‘Achilles’ in port quarter view); foreground, approx. 38 rowing boats and two similar crafts with a square main sail and fore-and-aft mizzen sail; to the left of the ‘Prince of Orange’ further inland is a three-masted vessel in port broadside view; clouds above. Engraving.

Object Details

ID: PAH7724
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Canot, Pierre Charles; Short, Robert Boydell, John Serres, Dominic
Places: Unlinked place
Vessels: Achilles (1757); Dragon (1760) Prince of Orange (1734)
Date made: 25 Apr 1777
People: British Fleet
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 368 mm x 520 mm; Mount: 606 mm x 838 mm