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A Sixth-Rate on the Stocks. The exact location of the shipyard in this painting is unclear but it may be on the south bank of the Thames at Rotherhithe. The ship in the foreground ready for launching is a 24-gun sloop of war, much in use by the Navy for p
1758
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Knowles's Action off Havana. (Revised April 2013) In February 1748 Rear-Admiral Charles Knowles left Port Royal, Jamaica, with eight ships of the line, to make an attack on Santiago de Cuba. Delayed by contrary winds, he diverted his expedition to Po
1758
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. Half-length facing left in rear-admiral's undress uniform, 1795-1812 pattern, wearing the St Vincent medal and the star of a KB. The empty right sleeve is pinned across and the upper part sl
1798
National Maritime Museum

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. (Revised April 2013) A long bust-length portrait to left in vice-admiral's undress uniform, 1795-1812, wearing a hat. It has previously mistakenly been stated to relate to Keymer's po
circa 1801
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Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1758-1805, 1st Viscount Nelson. A full-length portrait slightly to left, facing to right in vice-admiral’s undress uniform, 1795-1812. He is shown wearing his orders and holds a sword in his left and only hand, pointing
1801
National Maritime Museum

HMS Monmouth burning the French frigate Rose, 1 July 1758. 'HMS ''Monmouth'' burning the French frigate ''Rose'', 1 July 1758'
1769
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