| Greatest
Historical set of Naval paintings of the Battle
of Trafalgar a series of seven oil paintings of the battle of Trafalgar
by naval artist Ivan Berryman . Admiral
Horatio Nelson's Flagship HMS Victory, along with HMS Royal
Sovereign , HMS Neptune and HMS Polyphemus, are shown in naval art prints
form these original paintings by Ivan Berryman.
Ivan on HMS Victory during research for his maritime paintings.
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| HMS Royal Sovereign at the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franco-Spanish line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Anna, Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £24.00  Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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| Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman. Jury rigged and battered by the relentless gunnery of the French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar, HMS Victory lies off the coast of Gibraltar as crews from HMS Neptune (nearest) are despatched to take over the tow from the Polyphemus for the final leg of their journey to relative safety, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Signed linmited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £555.00 £135 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £690
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Original painting by Ivan Berryman. Size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm)
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| Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. One of the most decisive battles in the history of the Royal Navy, Nelsons defeat of the French fleet took place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishment and loss of life on both sides was tragically high Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £24.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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| The Battle of Trafalgar, 2.30pm. The Taking of the Santisima Trinidad by Ivan Berryman Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune (98 guns) All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish giant an unmanageable hulk. Elsewhere, the battle rages on with Temeraire and Victory engaged with the French Redoubtable, while to the right of the picture, the shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80 guns) is approached by the Mars (74 guns) Conqueror (74 guns), off the Santisima Trinidads port quarter, is keeping up a distant fire to assist the Neptune. Signed black and white limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £24.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original black and white acrylic painting by Ivan Berryman. Image size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £ ITEM CODE B0153 |
| The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 1805 by Ivan Berryman. One of the most decisive battles in the history of the Royal Navy, Nelsons defeat of the French fleet took place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishment and loss of life on both sides was tragically high Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 56cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
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| Trafalgar: HMS Royal Sovereign Prepares to Break the Line by Ivan Berryman. Just minutes from opening fire, HMS Royal Sovereign, carrying the flag of Vice-Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, approaches the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar, prior to breaking through and delivering a devastating broadside into the black-painted Santa Ana. Royal Sovereign had already taken terrible punishment as it had approached the enemy line, unable to bring her own guns to bear. Ships depicted, left to right, are: Indomptable (Fr) Rhin (Fr) Santa Ana (Sp) Royal Sovereign (Br) and Fougeux (Fr) Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 18.5 inches (64cm x 47cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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| Prelude to Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. 21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship. The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwoods fleet can be seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. In the light airs preceding the battle, much sail was needed to drive the British ships towards the enemy line. HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle. On her poop deck, officers prepare to run up a signal. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 26 inches (91cm x 66cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
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| HMS Royal Sovereign by Ivan Berryman. (P) Admiral Cuthbert Collingwoods flagship the Royal Sovereign comes under intense fire from the black-painted Spanish 3-decker, Santa Ana, and the French 74 Fougueux, just prior to breaking through the Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar. Original acrylic painting on canvas. Size 16 inches x 12 inches (41cm x 31cm). Price £850.00 ITEM CODE B0155 |
| Trafalgar- The Destruction of The Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman. With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victorys starboard guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most of Victorys stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a French sharpshooter in Redoubtables mizzen fighting top. The Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 26 inches (91cm x 66cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
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| The Battle of Trafalgar, 1.00pm by Ivan Berryman. Having taken terrible punishment from the guns of the allied French and Spanish fleet as she broke through the line, HMS Victory found herself engaged by the French Redoutable, a bitter battle that saw the two ships locked together, pouring shot into one another with terrifying ferocity and which left the British Admiral, Lord Horation Nelson fatally wounded. In the background, HMS Neptune is emerging through the gunsmoke and is about to pass the wreck of the French flagship Bucentaure which Victory so spectacularly routed as she passed through the allied line. HMS Temeraire, which followed Victory through, and which was also to become embroiled on the Redoutables fight, is obscured by the smoke beyond the British flagship. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 26 inches (91cm x 66cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
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| The Battle of Trafalgar, 2.30pm. The Taking of the Santisima Trinidad by Ivan Berryman. Dominating the centre foreground, the wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune (98 guns) All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish giant an unmanageable hulk. Elsewhere, the battle rages on with Temeraire and Victory engaged with the French Redoubtable, while to the right of the picture, the shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80 guns) is approached by the Mars (74 guns) Conqueror (74 guns), off the Santisima Trinidads port quarter, is keeping up a distant fire to assist the Neptune. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 38cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 16 inches (64cm x 41cm). Price £135.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £555.00 £135 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £690
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
Original painting by Ivan Berryman. Image size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £
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| Captain Harveys HMS Temeraire tries to pass HMS Victory at the beginning of the Battle of Trafalgar by Ivan Berryman. 21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelsons flagship leads the British fleet towards the Franco-Spanish line, Captain Harveys Temeraire tries to pass the Victory in order to be the first to break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customry rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship. The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwoods fleet can be seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. In the light airs preceding the battle, much sail was needed to drive the British ships towards the enemy line. HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle. On her poop deck, officers prepare to run up a signal. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £24.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £43.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original acrylic painting by Ivan Berryman. Image size 16 inches x 10 inches (41cm x 25cm). Price £800.00 ITEM CODE B0122 |
| The Battle of Trafalgar - The First Engagement by Ivan Berryman. Midday, 21st October 1805, and Admiral Collingwoods flagship, the 100-gun HMS Royal Sovereign, breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the Spanish flagship Santa Anna. Making great speed, Collingwoods ship had breached the Franco-Spanish line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomitable can be seen firing into the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Anna, Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £95.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 artist proofs. Image size 25 inches x 17 inches (64cm x 43cm). Price £135.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 40 inches x 30 inches (102cm x 76cm). Price £555.00 £135 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £690
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Image size 30 inches x 22 inches (76cm x 56cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
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| Breaking the Line by Ivan Berryman. Just seconds from opening fire with a broadside that will devastate her opponent, HMS Victory prepares to pass the stern of the French flagship Bucentaure, closely followed by the three-deckers HMS Temeraire and HMS Neptune. With guns unable to bear on the enemy fleet during the slow approach the British ships had endured terrible punishment with Victorys sails holed, her wheel smashed and her mizzen top shot away. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Image size 17 inches x 14 inches (43cm x 36cm). Price £75.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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**Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. (One copy reduced to clear) Image size 17 inches x 14 inches (43cm x 36cm). Price £50.00 ITEM CODE DHM1533 |
| Trafalgar - The Destruction of the Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman. With her mizzen top already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment, Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure, delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victorys starboard guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most of Victorys stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a French sharpshooter in Redoubtables mizzen fighting top. The Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right. Signed limited edition of 1150 prints. Special Promotion : This print is 30% off for a limited time only! Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £20.16 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original acrylic painting by Ivan Berryman. Image size 14 inches x 10 inches (36cm x 25cm)m)36cm x 25cm) (36cm x 25cm). Price £ ITEM CODE B0124 |
| Trafalgar Aftermath by Ivan Berryman. Ravaged by the combined guns of the allied French and Spanish fleets at Trafalgar and by the great storm that followed the battle, a weary battered HMS Victory enjoys the relative calm as crew from HMS Neptune are despatched to take up the tow from the 3rd rater HMS Polyphemus for the final leg of her journey to the safety of Gibraltar, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson. Signed limited edition of 1150 black and white prints. Image size 12 inches x 7 inches (31cm x 18cm). Price £24.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Original acrylic painting by Ivan Berryman. .. Price £ ITEM CODE B0220 |
| The Brave Redoutable by Ivan Berryman. Already ravaged by incoming shot from the combined French and Spanish fleets as she approached the enemy line, HMS Victory found herself under intense attack from the French 3rd Rate 74-gun Redoutable. The two ships became entangled, grappling irons went across and the most terrible artillery battle commenced. Admiral Lord Nelson was fatally wounded by a shot from the Redoutables mizzen top before it was brought crashing down. Now the British three-decker, the 98-gun Temeraire appeared outboard of the Redoutable and began pouring further shot into her, the little French ship dwarfed by two mighty British vessels. But still she fought on, refusing to strike her colours. Of all the ships at Trafalgar, Redoutable sustained the highest casualties with 478 killed and 81 wounded. Depicted from left to right are HMS Temeraire, Redoutable and HMS Victory. Signed limited edition of 200 giclee paper prints. Image size 26 inches x 16 inches (66cm x 41cm). Price £135.00 Part of our Buy One, Get One Half Price Offer
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Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £480.00 £110 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £590
Limited edition of 50 giclee canvas prints. Size 30 inches x 20 inches (76cm x 51cm). Price £370.00 £90 Off Selected Giclee Canvas Prints - Was £460
Original painting by Ivan Berryman. Size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm). Price £ ITEM CODE DHM1519 |
The battle of Trafalgar took place at the Cape of Trafalgar,
80 KM west of Cadiz, British Victory over the French and Spanish Navy's, with the British losses being the Vice
Admiral Lord Horatio
Nelson who was killed in the action, and some 1596 Officers and Men,
killed or wounded. The French and Spanish losses were much higher
with both the French Rear Admiral Charles Magon and the Spanish
Admiral Don Frederico Gravina killed, plus some 2,600 officers and
men killed or wounded and a total of 4,400 captured.
Prelude to Trafalgar by Ivan
Berryman 21st October 1805. As Admiral Nelson's
flagship leads the British fleet toward the Franco-Spanish line, Captain
Harvey's Temeraire tries to pass Victory in order to be the first to
break the enemy column. Harvey was discouraged with a customary
rebuke from Nelson and duly fell into line behind the flagship.
The enemy can be seen spread along the horizon whilst, to the right in
the distance, the leading ships of Admiral Collingwood's fleet can be
seen spearheading a separate assault to the south. Hearts of Oak
by Ivan Berryman.
It is September 18th, 1805, off Plymouth. Led by the 74-gun HMS
Thunderer, with HMS Ajax astern, HMS Victory, with Admiral Lord Horatio
Nelson aboard, begins her journey south to join the rest of the British
fleet off Cadiz where the combined French and Spanish fleets lay
blockaded. This was the prelude to the Battle of Trafalgar and the
last time Nelson would see his beloved England.
Trafalgar: HMS Royal
Sovereign Prepares to Break the Line by Ivan Berryman. Just minutes from opening fire, HMS Royal Sovereign, carrying the
flag of Vice-Admiral Lord Cuthbert Collingwood, approaches the
Franco-Spanish line at Trafalgar, prior to breaking through and
delivering a devastating broadside into the black-painted Santa
Ana. Royal Sovereign had already taken terrible punishment as it
had approached the enemy line, unable to bring her own guns to
bear. Ships depicted, left to right, are: Indomptable (Fr)
Rhin (Fr) Santa Ana (Sp) Royal Sovereign (Br) and Fougeux (Fr)
The Battle of Trafalgar
- The First Engagement by Ivan Berryman Midday, 21st October
1805, and Admiral Collingwood's flagship, the 100-gun Royal sovereign,
breaks the allied line and delivers a shattering broadside on the
black-painted Santa Ana carrying the flag of Spain's Vice Admiral Alava.
Making great speed, Collingwood's ship had breached the Franco-Spanish
line some distance ahead of the rest of his van and the Royal Sovereign
suffered heavily as she quickly drew the attentions of three French and
three Spanish ships. To her starboard, the French Indomptable can be
seen raking the British flagship while, astern of the Santa Ana,
Belleisle and Fougueux are engaging ahead of Mars, Monarca and Pluton.
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October
1805 by Ivan Berryman One of the most decisive battles in
the history of the Royal Navy, Nelson's defeat of the French fleet took
place on 21st October 1805 off Cape Trafalgar and was conducted with not
a single British ship lost, although few ships escaped severe punishment
and loss of life on both sides was tragically high. In Ivan's painting, the flagship HMS
Victory finally disengages from the wrecked Redoubtable, while the
Temeraire, having broken from La Fougueux, remains locked with the
French ship. At one point, all four ships had been on board of each
other in line abreast, each firing broadside after broadside into each
other. To the right of the painting, the French Bucentaure lies
helpless, her vulnerable stern having been smashed by Victory's
relentless gunfire.
Trafalgar- The Destruction of The Bucentaure by Ivan Berryman
With her mizzen top
already gone and her sails aloft having received severe punishment,
Victory breaks through the line behind the French flagship Bucentaure,
delivering a shattering broadside into her stern. So severe was
this opening fire that the Bucentaure was effectively put out of the
rest of the battle, although Admiral Villeneuve himself was to
miraculously survive the carnage. Beyong Victory can be seen the
French Redoubtable, which is receiving fire from Victory's starboard
guns, and the Spanish San Leandro is in the extreme distance. Most
of Victory's stunsails have been cut away, but it was her stunsail booms
that became entangled with the rigging of the Redoubtable when she put
her helm to port and ran onto her. Admiral Nelson fell shortly
afterward, having received a fatal wound from a musket ball fired by a
French sharpshooter in Redoubtable's mizzen fighting top. The
Temeraire can be seen approaching the fray to the right.
The Battle of Trafalgar, 1.00pm by Ivan Berryman Having taken
terrible punishment from the guns of the allied French and Spanish fleet
as she broke through the line, HMS Victory found herself engaged by the
French Redoutable, a bitter battle that saw the two ships locked together,
pouring shot into one another with terrifying ferocity and which left the
British Admiral, Lord Horation Nelson fatally wounded. In the
background, HMS Neptune is emerging through the gunsmoke and is about to
pass the wreck of the French flagship Bucentaure which Victory so
spectacularly routed as she passed through the allied line. HMS
Temeraire, which followed Victory through, and which was also to become
embroiled on the Redoutables fight, is obscured by the smoke beyond the
British flagship.
The Battle of Trafalgar, 2.30pm. The Taking of the Santisima
Trinidad by Ivan Berryman Dominating the centre foreground, the
wreck of the largest ship at Trafalgar, the massive four decker Santisima
Trinidad (130 guns), comes under further attack from the British Neptune
(98 guns). All her masts have fallen, rendering the Spanish giant an
unmanageable hulk. Elsewhere, the battle rages on with Temeraire and
Victory engaged with the French Redoubtable, while to the right of the
picture, the shattered, drifting remains of Villeneuves Bucentaure (80
guns) is approached by the Mars (74 guns). Conqueror (74 guns), off
the Santisima Trinidads port quarter, is keeping up a distant fire to
assist the Neptune.
Trafalgar
Aftermath by Ivan Berryman Jury
rigged and battered by the relentless gunnery of the French and Spanish
fleets at Trafalgar, HMS Victory lies off the coast of Gibraltar as
crews from HMS Neptune (nearest) are dispatched to take over the tow
from the Polyphemus for the final leg of their journey to relative
safety, the flagship still bearing the body of Admiral Lord Horatio
Nelson.
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