Action between HMS Venus and the Semillante | Thomas Elliott | 1800 Size:14"x11" Contains no plastic

Contains no plastic

Includes an off-white mount that will not discolour or fade with age

Measurements: 95cm x 70cm framed approx

the son of a poor mariner in Whitby

included squadrons from the eyalets (provinces) of Egypt and Tunis

Action between HMS Venus and the Semillante | Thomas Elliott | 1800 Size:14"x11" Contains no plasticAction between HMS Venus and the Semillante, 27 May 1793. An incident from the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, 1793 1815. The British ship Venus commanded by Captain Jonathan Faulkner, sighted a strange sail at 03: 00 when 120 miles south west of Cape Finisterre. About 07: 00 the ship put out blue colours and the Venus answered by signalling a private code to which the other ship made no reply. The first shots were fired about 07: 30 and