His Majesty's Ship the Mermaid on the 10th of Octr 1795, at Requin... Grenada, run aground in Chase of the French Corvette Brutus.... to prevent the landing Ammunition
One of three impressions depicting the Mermaid and Brutus (1793), the latter depicted on the left, on the 10th October 1795 on the Coast of Grenada. Captain Henry Warre commanded the Mermaid, and the Brutus was later renamed the Warre after the event depicted, the Mermaid having aimed to prevent the Brutus from offloading its cargo of ammunition to the enemy and captured the ship (but her crew and 120 troops escaped onto land before they could be captured) on the 10th October 1795.
Object Details
ID: | PAH7890 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Faden, William; Pocock, Nicholas Pollard, Robert |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Vessels: | Brutus (1793); Mermaid (1784) |
Date made: | 12 Feb 1798 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 560 x 812 mm; Plate: 440 x 680 mm |