Marine Francaise. Le Cygne, Capitaine Menouvrier Defresne Conte une Division Anglaise sous la Martinique 12 Decembre 1808
Depiction of several ships and life boats during the action at Martinique in 1808. Inscribed in French: "Le Cygne, Captain Menouvrier Defrensne, against an English division near Martinique 12.12.1808". The Circe, a British ship, is shown in the centre right of the picture. There is a longer description of the action in William Laird Clowes' "The Royal Navy, a History" Vol.V p.429.
Object Details
| ID: | PAI6438 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Anaglyphic Company; De Laplante Durand-Brager, Jean Baptiste Henri Jeanin Lemercier |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Destruction of Cygne, 1808 |
| Vessels: | Cygne (1808); Circe (1804) |
| Date made: | 15 Aug 1844 |
| People: | English boats |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 573 x 703 mm; Picture: 300 x 492 mm |