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
Type: Print
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