To the Right Honorable the Earl of Chatham.... the Action between His Majesty's Frigate La Nymphe & the French Frigate La Cleopatra....La Nymphe boarding...

Print; see PAH7850, another copy.
The Cleopatra (or Cleopatre) is shown stern view. The ship was renamed Oiseau after capture, as there was already an HMS Cleopatra. Her original launch date was 1781, and her capture took place during the Action of 18 June 1793, the first decisive and one of the most celebrated encounters between British and French frigates during the French Revolutionary Wars.

Object Details

ID: PAH7851
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Apostool, Cornelis; Greenwoods Yates, Thomas
Vessels: Cleopatre (1781); Nymphe (captured 1780)
Date made: 1 Mar 1794
People: French Naval Vessel Cleopatra
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 458 x 573 mm
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