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Ships of the Age of Sail
Cranston Military Prints  By Subject Naval Art Age of Sail  Ships |
[UP] - Algiers - St Jean D'Acre - Cape St Vincent - Copeland Islands - Copenhagen - Finnisterre - Glorious 1st of June - Helgoland - Malaga - The Nile - San Domingo - Texel - Trafalgar - Spanish Armada - Ships - Age of Sail Print List |
| Ships
of the Age of Sail. We have created some pages to highlight some of
the major ships of the days before the mid 19th century. Included
are well known names like HMS Victory, USS Constitution and Cutty Sark.
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The Battle of Copenhagen, 2nd April 1801 by Ivan Berryman. The key to Nelsons victories always lay in his meticulous planning and the Battle of Copenghagen was no exception as he used his fleet to first destroy the Danish floating defences so that his bomb vessels could be brought up to bombard the city itself. The Danes eventually capitulated, but they had fought hard and over 2,000 men had died on both sides before the end of the battle. In this view, HMS Elephant, carrying the flag of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, dominates the scene as the battle gathers intensity. British ships depicted, left to right, are the Glatton (54), Elephant (74), Ganges (74) and Monarch (74) |
The Battle of the Nile by Anthony Saunders. Lord Horatio Nelson and the British fleet found the French 13 ship of the line fleet anchored at Aboukir Bay. Nelsons plan was to attack the French fleet on their unprotected port side. By the end of the battle nearly all the French ships were sunk or captured. The painting shows HMS Swiftsure in the centre with the burning 124 gun flagship LOrient behind. To the left is the surrendered hulk of the French ship Franklin. |
Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman. Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune are despatched to take up the tow from the 3rd rater HMS Polyphemus for the final leg of her journey to the safety of Gibraltar, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. |
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