The King George disabled & the other Privateers in chase with the appearance of His Majesty's ship the Russel at the time the Dartmouth was blown up engaging the Glorioso Octr 9th 1748

An engraving of several ships giving chase. The ‘King George’ is shown starboard broadside in the foreground, left of centre. Two three-masted ships with the British Ensign flank either side of her. In the distance, several other ships are visible; notably, two ships on the far right are engaged in a skirmish, potentially showing the Spanish ‘Gloriosa’ and British ‘Dartmouth’. The inscription gives the wrong date, which should be 6 October 1747.

Object Details

ID: PAI6282
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Brooking, Charles; Boydell, John
Vessels: King George (1744); Glorioso (1740) Russell (1735) Dartmouth (1741)
Date made: 1753
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 349 mm x 487 mm