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Hound (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for building the Hound (1796), a 16 later 18 gun Brig Sloop at Sandwich by Mr. Hills. Signed John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
April 1795
National Maritime Museum

William the Conqueror. Print
1 Apr 1795
National Maritime Museum

The Baileys cutter, Capt Sutter - passing the Eddystone Lighthouse. The 'Baileys' cutter is shown passing the Eddystone Lighthouse; three other vessels are depicted in the background. Inscribed: "The Baileys Cutter, Capt. Sutter Passing th
4 Apr 1795
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The St.....e a Republican Gunboat constructed to sail against the Wind and Tide (caricature). Hand-coloured.
14 Apr 1795
National Maritime Museum

The Weather Cock of St. Stephen's. This satirical engraving ridicules William Wilberforce and the political views that he espoused. In Parliament, Wilberforce was a major advocate of the abolition of the slave trade. However, many commentators in Bri
14 April 1795
National Maritime Museum

Diligence (1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Diligence (1795), a 16-gun Brig Sloop at Bursledon by Mr George Parsons. The plan include
17 April 1795
National Maritime Museum

Diligence (1795). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Diligence (1795), a 16-gun Brig Sloop to be built at Bursledon by Mr George Parsons. Initialled by John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806] and William Rule [Surveyo
17 April 1795
National Maritime Museum

Dispatch (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dispatch, a 16, later 18 gun Brig Sloop. Signed by William Rule [Surveyor
18 April 1795
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Dispatch (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Dispatch, a 16, later 18 gun Brig Sloop building at Rochester by Mr. John Nicholson. Signed by William Rule [Surveyor of the Navy, 1793-1813] and John Henslow [Surveyor o
18 April 1795
National Maritime Museum

A Plan of the Road of Cherbourg. Hand drawn chart. Breakwaters shown with three ships depicted sailing through them. Arcs of fire from fortifications. Soundings at anchorages. Medium includes pen and ink.
27 Apr 1795
National Maritime Museum

Hound (1796). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with some inboard detail and scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Hound (1796), a 16 later 18 gun Brig Sloop at Sandwich by Mr Hills. Si
28 April 1795
National Maritime Museum

Lord Heathfield. Print
1 Apr 1796
National Maritime Museum

The Admiralty. Humbly Dedicated To the Right Honble Earl Spencer, By his most humble & dutiful Servts Colnaghi & Co. In 1786-88 the Admiralty House was built for the first Lord of the Admiralty. Nelson lay in state here in 1806. Print
1 Apr 1796
National Maritime Museum

Chinese Barges of the Embassy preparing to pass under a Bridge. The Pearl River was the principle thoroughfare into Canton and congestion was common. This engraving presents a view of the river busy with boats of various kind waiting to pass under a bridg
12 April 1796
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His Majesty's Frigate the Diamond.... off Cape La Heve... to cut out a French lugger named Le Vengeur.. 18 April 1796... was boarded... but the cable cut by one of the prisoners... swept... into the River Seine... surrender. Print.
Sep 1803
National Maritime Museum

Longboat Number 1 (1796). Scale: 1:32. A plan showing the inboard profile, and upper deck for Longboat Number 1 (1796), a single-masted forty-two foot longboat (service vessel) for Sheerness Dockyard. Signed by Thomas Mitchell [Master Shipwright, Shee
21 April 1796
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Benbow. Print
1 Apr 1797
National Maritime Museum

A story of a little parson and the sailor. (caricature). Technique includes etching.; Plate No.179.; Text in English below image.
12 Apr 1797
National Maritime Museum

Osprey (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Osprey (1797), an 18-gun Ship Sloop at Northfleet by Mr Pitcher. This plan illustrates the sh
13 April 1797
National Maritime Museum

Osprey (1797). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for Osprey (1797), an 18-gun Ship Sloop building at Northfleet by Mr Pitcher. The plan includes alterations to the sweep ports. Note that the plan states the ship's name wa
13 April 1797
National Maritime Museum

Victor (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile for Victor (1798), an 18 gun flush-decked Ship Sloop (later Sixth Rate Corvette) building at Lynn by Messrs Brindley. Signed John Henslow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806], and William Rule
21 April 1797
National Maritime Museum

Victor (1798). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck with fore & aft platforms for Victor (1798), an 18 gun flush-decked Ship Sloop (later Sixth Rate Corvette) building at Lynn by Messrs Brindley. Signed John Henslow [Surveyor o
21 April 1797
National Maritime Museum

The Portland Packet, Captn. Taylor, Beating off a French Cutter Privateer, near Barbadoes. Stored in mount with PAD5508..
24 Apr 1797
National Maritime Museum

John Horne Tooke Esqr. Print
1 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum

Bastile-House Greenwich. A view eastward from Greenwich Park of what is now Vanbrugh Castle, built in 1712 on Maze Hill by Sir John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) as his own house when Surveyor of Greenwich Hospital. It was originally one of a surrounding group fo
10 April 1798
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William (purchased 1798); Selby (purchased 1798). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing a part inboard profile, upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for William (1798) and Selby (1798), both purchased merchantmen converted to 20-gun Ship Sloops. A copy of this p
Circa April 1798
National Maritime Museum

A Sailor's Return in Peace. A sailor greets his wife with a kiss on returning home from sea, surrounded by their family. See BHC1125 for the original oil (or a preparatory version). This is one of a set of four plates of effectively the same size an
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum

Sailors in a Fight. Entitled 'Sailors in a Fight', this print is inscribed: 'To the British Navy this plate is respectfully dedicated by there [sic] obedient humble Ser[van]t. John Raphael Smith'. It is one of a set of four plates of
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum

Sailors in a storm. This print shows four sailors fighting for their lives in a storm on the deck of a dismasted ship. The deck is at a dramatic angle in the raging sea breaking over it, with the stump of what appears to be the broken mizzen mast clearly
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum

Sailors in Port. Sailors relaxing on the deck of a what is probably a naval ship. They are dancing to the fiddler's music and enjoying the company of girls. Although seamen would often visit taverns and brothels ashore, prostitutes were often brought
16 Apr 1798
National Maritime Museum

View of Lord Bridport's Action off L'Orient, 1795. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle', 1799, f. p. 300. The accompanying description states that the view is from the north-west, showing the enemy nearing Port Louis, with Bridport'
1 April 1799
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sr Richard Onslow Bart. Second in Command on the 11th of Octr 1797. Print
2 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Sr Richard Onslow Bart. Second in Command on the 11th of Octr. 1797. Technique includes stipple engraving.
2 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum

The Right Honourable Lord Hugh Seymour, Vice Admiral of the Blue. Print
12 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum

To the Right Honorable Horatio Nelson... This Print representing the Glorious Victory over the French Fleet, on the Night of the 1st of August 1798, in the Bay of Bequieres. Hand-coloured.
13 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum

Yo Heave Ho (caricature). Text in English below image.
24 Apr 1799
National Maritime Museum

Henry Terne. Print
1 Apr 1800
National Maritime Museum

Letter from B. Henry Latrobe, Architect (page 1 of 4)
Taken 1 Apr 1800
The U.S. National Archives

Shipwreck at the Cape of Good Hope. Vignette.
30 Apr 1800
National Maritime Museum

The Rt. Honble, Earl St Vincent. Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of the Channel Fleet. Print
30 Apr 1800
National Maritime Museum

'Lord Nelson's Reception at Fonthill. Gentleman's Magazine April 1801. Pl.I.p.28'. From the ‘Gentleman's Magazine’ April 1801, pl. I, p. 28. On 20 March 1801 William Beckford entertained Lord Nelson, Sir William and La
Published April 1801
National Maritime Museum

Admiral Suffrein. Print
1 Apr 1801
National Maritime Museum

View of the Sound taken beyond the Fortress of Cronembourg. Hand-coloured.
1 Apr 1801
National Maritime Museum

Battle of Copenhagen, April 2nd 1801. Single sheet. Engraving. Contains a view of the city of Copenhagen from the outer road. The ships involved in the action are depicted in profile and named. Text in a box on the right lists the participant ships. Text
1801
National Maritime Museum

The Battle of Copenhagen 2 April 1801 (with key). Medium includes gouache.; Signed by artist and dated.
1803
National Maritime Museum

The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. In 1801 the northern powers of Russia, Denmark, Sweden and Prussia, the last three under pressure from the mentally unstable Tsar Paul I - formed an armed coalition that constituted a threat to British interests in
1801
National Maritime Museum

The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801. The Battle of Copenhagen, 2 April 1801, fought to force Denmark out of the hostile ‘Armed Neutrality’ of the Northern Powers – Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Prussia –was the second of Nelson�
1806
National Maritime Museum

Victory of Copenhagen April 2 1801. Single sheet. Ms. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: There is a numbered key to the Danish and British ships and a list of the British ships and their casualties.
1801
National Maritime Museum

[Copy of ] 'A Chart of Bligh's Islands' [Fiji] by William Bligh, with tracks of the 'Bounty' launch (1789), 'Providence' and 'Assistant' (1792), and 'Hope' and 'Ann' (1799). Copy chart inscr
14 April 1801
National Maritime Museum

A Plan of The Unparalleled Battle before Copenhagen, April 2d, 1801, Between a Detachment of Sir Hyde Parker's Fleet, commanded by Lord Nelson and the Danish Fleet. Taken on the spot by an Officer, and presented by Him to the Publisher. Print
22 Apr 1801
National Maritime Museum

The Indignant Tar. (caricature). Print
25 Apr 1801
National Maritime Museum

Sir Humphrey Gilbert. Print
Apr 1802
National Maritime Museum

Sir Richd Greenville. Print
Apr 1802
National Maritime Museum

Sir Thos Trowbridge. Print
1 Apr 1802
National Maritime Museum

The Sovereign of the Seas built 1637. From an Original Picture by Vandevelde. Print The Royal Navy ship 'Sovereign of the Seas' (1637). This magnificent 102-gun ship was designed and built in 1637 at the insistence of Charles I. She was one of
21 Apr 1802
National Maritime Museum

The Battle of Copenhagen, fought on the 2nd April 1801 under the Command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker.... Print
22 Apr 1802
National Maritime Museum

HMS Victory Commissioned by Lord Nelson 2 April 1803. Medium includes pen and ink.
1792
National Maritime Museum

The Oroolong passing the Reef. Print
4 Apr 1803
National Maritime Museum

Diving Machines (Diving 14). Hand-coloured. A hand-coloured diagram of diving bells and suits. Diving bells are the helmets worn by divers. They do not let the water in, as the air becomes trapped inside them. Early bells included cauldrons and bucket
10 Apr 1803
National Maritime Museum

Southampton. Small aquatint in brown ink. A coastal view with a distant prospect of Southampton, seen from the east. On the shore to the right is part of a castellated wall with three arched openings. In the foreground there are two men in a rowing boa
19 Apr 1803
National Maritime Museum

Louisiana Purchase Treaty, Page 1
Taken 30 Apr 1803
The U.S. National Archives

Mr Henry Greathead's Life Boat going out to assist a Ship in distress. Stuck within album PAI2861 with PAI2862-PAI2949, PAI2951-PAI3061. Mounted on page with PAI2949.
30 Apr 1803
National Maritime Museum

Adonis (1806); Alban (1806); Alphea (1806); Bacchus (1806); Barbara (1806); Cassandra (1806); Claudia (1806), Laura (1806); Olympia (1806); Sylvia (1806); Vesta (1806); Zenobia (1806). Scale: 1:48. Plan hsowing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower
April 1804
National Maritime Museum

Sir John Orde Bart, Vice Admiral of the White Squadron. Print
1 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum

Griper (1804), Furious (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Griper (1804) and Furious (1804), both 12-gun Gunbrigs built by Messrs Brindley at King's Lynn. Note that the Admiralty stamp claims Flam
2 April 1804
National Maritime Museum

The Rt. Honble. Henry Addington. Print
2 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum

'Greenwich Park, with the Royal Observatory, on Easter Monday'. This is a well-known image of Greenwich at the time of its Easter Fair, which filled the streets of the town until the parish authorities abolished it in 1857 as deleterious to good
20 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum

Hardy (1804). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the inboard profile, upper deck, and lower deck for Hardy (1804), a 12-gun Brig building at Wearmouth, Sunderland by Mr Roxby. Signed by John Henlsow [Surveyor of the Navy, 1784-1806].
Dated: 20 April 1804
National Maritime Museum

Mary Anne Talbot, Who served Several Years in His Majesty's Service by Sea & Land in the Name of John Taylor. Aged 26. Print
20 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum

Liefde tot de Deugd door Wijsheid bevestigd
22 April 1804
Rijksmuseum

Sir John Colpoys K.B. Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Print
30 Apr 1804
National Maritime Museum

Imogen (1805); Orestes (1805). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the upper deck, and lower deck of a Brig, being built by Mr Bailey of Ipswich. This has been deduced as being Imogen (1805), a 16-gun Brig, athough it could also relate to Orestes (1805), built by
2 April 1805
National Maritime Museum

St Kitts. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
30 Apr 1805
National Maritime Museum

'Funeral Procession of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, from Greenwich to Whitehall on the 8th January, 1806'. A panoramic view of Nelson's funeral procession. Nelson's funeral barge can be seen in the foreground on the River Thames as h
Published 1 April 1806
National Maritime Museum

Funeral Procession of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, from Greenwich to Whitehall on the 8th January, 1806. Print. Funeral procession of Nelson from Greenwich to Whitehall, 8 January 1806. Many boats on the river and crowds on the bank as the procession l
1 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Funeral Procession of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, from the Admiralty to St Paul's, London, 9th January 1806. Hand-coloured. Nelson's funeral procession approaching St Paul's Cathedral with massed ranks of soldiers, sailors, clergy and cr
1 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Funeral Procession of the late Lord Viscount Nelson, from the Admiralty to St Paul's, London, 9th January 1806. Print. This image illustrates the point at which Nelson's funeral procession reached St Paul's Cathedral. Massed ranks of soldie
1 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Interment of the Remains of the late Lord Viscount Nelson in the Cathedral of St Paul, London on the 9th of January 1806. Print
1 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Remains of Lord Viscount Nelson laying in state in the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital. Hand-coloured. Remains of Lord Viscount Nelson laying in state in the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital with crowds paying their respects.
1 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Remains of Lord Viscount Nelson laying in state in the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital. Print. Remains of Lord Viscount Nelson laying in state in the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital with crowds paying their respects.
1 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

The Queen Charlotte yacht with her present gracious Majesty on board. A Yacht in a light breeze with a view of Harwich. Hand-coloured.; Technique includes etching.; No.22.
2 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

The Queen Charlotte yacht with her present gracious Majesty on board. A Yacht in a light breeze with a view of Harwich. Technique includes etching.; No.22.
2 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Pacific Overtures - or - a Flight from St Cloud's - over the Water to Charley - a new Dramatic Peace now Rehearsing (caricature). Hand-coloured.
5 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Costume parisiens
10 April 1806
ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen

The Total Defeat of the French Squadron in the Bay of the Town of St Domingue, Feb 6 1806 by a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships Commanded by Sir J T Duckworth. Technique includes etching.; Hand-coloured.
12 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Admiral, Sir J. T. Duckworth's Victory over, and Signal Defeat, of the French Fleet, in the Bay of St Domingo London Gazette Extraordinary Admiralty-Office, March 23, 1806. Technique includes etching.
20 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

The Aristocrat armed Lugger engaging a French Flotilla, consisting of nine sail. Vignette from the 'Naval Chronicle'.
30 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Thomas M Russell Esqr, Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Print
30 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

Thomas M. Russell. Vice Admiral of the Blue Squadron. Print
30 Apr 1806
National Maritime Museum

'Saltash' (1807); 'Goodwill' (1810); unnamed sailing yard craft for Jamaica (c1808). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing a body plan with pencilled internal details and stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and a longitudinal
April 1807
National Maritime Museum

22 ft Yawl. Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth with deck detail for a 22 ft Yawl.
Annotation dated: April 1807
National Maritime Museum

25ft Gig (1806). Scale: 1:24. A plan showing two body plans, a sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and the longitudinal half deck plan for a six-oared 25ft Gig (1806), built for Captain Baker, October 1806. Signed by George Hilh
April 1807
National Maritime Museum

John Rosedale Mariner. Exhibitor at the Hall of Greenwich Hospital. One of the Pensioners who had the task of 'showing' the Painted Hall to visitors. Two 'country cousins' stand behind him ogling the west wall representation of the Han
26 April 1807
National Maritime Museum

Capt W Rogers, late of the Windsor Castle Packet. Print
1 Apr 1808
National Maritime Museum

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