The Situation of...the Mermaid on the 10th Octr 1795...Coast of Grenada, run aground in Chase of the French Corvette Brutus...
One of three impressions depicting HMS Mermaid (1784) 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: | PAI5713 |
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Type: | |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Faden, William; Pocock, Nicholas Pollard, Robert |
Vessels: | Brutus (1793); Mermaid (1784) |
Date made: | 12 Feb 1798 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Sheet: 450 x 693 mm; Plate: 440 x 688 mm |