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Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)

Views of naval engagements and maps of battles

TELEGRAPH OFFICE: PORTSMOUTH

Portsmouth, 1804

Description of, and Observations on, / THE FRENCH GUN VESSELS, / OF / The Second Class, / Captured January 31st, 1804, by His Majesty's Ships / HYDRA and TRIBUNE, Commanded by Captains MUNDY and BENNETT

published 23 Feb 1804

Letterpress text printed on two sides of one sheet of paper | 26.9 x 36.5 cm (sheet) | RCIN 735106.b

Tabulation of the state of the British navy in 1804. Napoleonic Wars (1803-15).

This text explains the view at RCIN 735106.a. Both view and text were formerly kept in a rough buff folder with 'Naval Engagement 31 Jan. 1804' inscribed bottom left of the front cover. Not described in Parker.

Condition: two fold lines; brown discolouration.
  • Telegraph Office: Portsmouth (publisher) [bottom right of second page:] PRINTED AT THE TELEGRAPH OFFICE, PORTSMOUTH. Portsmouth, February 23, 1804.

  • Watermark: Britannia in a crowned triple circle; countermark: G R

    Condition: two fold lines; brown discolouration

  • 26.9 x 36.5 cm (sheet)

  • Printed title:

    Description of, and Observations on, / THE FRENCH GUN VESSELS, / OF / The Second Class, / Captured January 31st, 1804, by His Majesty's Ships / HYDRA and TRIBUNE, Commanded by Captains MUNDY and BENNETT.

    Annotations:

    George III heading: Naval Engagement 31 Jan. 1804.

    Other annotations: none.

    George III catalogue entry:

    Naval Engagement Representation of the French Gun Vessels captured on the 31.st of Jan.y 1804 by H.M. Ships Tribune and Hydra commanded by Captains Bennett and Mundy: by R. Livesay, engraved by Stadler, 1804: with a Description.

  • Subject(s)

    Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK (50°47'27"N 01°06'07"W)

Page revisions

  • 14 March 2024