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Beach and Van Ghent destroying six Algerine corsairs near Cape Spartel, Morocco, 27 August 1670
In this scene, the six Algerines corsairs pictured in the background have been driven ashore on a low coast and set on fire. English frigates are at anchor in the foreground. The nearest is the ‘Portsmouth’; ahead of her, the ‘Hampshire’.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAI7274 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Velde, Willem van de, the Elder |
| Vessels: | Hampshire 1653 [British navy]; Portsmouth 1649 [British navy] |
| Date made: | 1676? |
| People: | Algerine Corsairs |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 317 x 676 mm; Mount: 655 mm x 962 mm |
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