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
Type: Print
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
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