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Napoleonic Wars (1803-15)

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    TELEGRAPH OFFICE: PORTSMOUTH

    Portsmouth, 1804 (Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK) 50°47'27"N 01°06'07"W

    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.

      Subject(s)

      Royal Navy
      Navy-France
      Tribune (HMS)
      Hydra (HMS)

    • 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)

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