Trafalgar. Battle of Trafalgar: The situation of the Colossus, 74, when closely engaged by the Bahama, Spanish 74... and the Argonaute, French 74... and the Swiftsure, French 74

Trafalgar. Battle of Trafalgar: the situation of the Colossus, 74, when closely engaged by the Bahama, Spanish 74, on the larboard broadside, and the Argonaut, French, 74, on the starboard, and the Swiftsure, French, 74, endeavouring to pass under her stern to rake her, observing the manoeuvre of her opponent, ran up her flying-jib, causingher head to fall off, which enabled her to meet the Swiftsure with her starboard guns. The righthand ship is the Argonaute, hauling off which was completely annihilated in ten minutes. The Bahama and Swiftsure successively struck to the Colossus. - See United Service Journal for October 1841

Object Details

ID: PAI5424
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Vessels: Bahama (captured 1805); Argonaute (1798) Colossus (1803) Swiftsure (captured 1801)
Date made: 1803; 21 Oct 1805 ca.1805
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund.
Measurements: Sheet: 370 x 470 mm