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Thomas Luny (1759–1837) was a maritime painter, and also a man of indomitable and inspirational fortitude who created great art despite dreadful incapacitation. His story, as a man and an artist, is heroic. Click: https://t.co/bUN8MWXytY #NavalHistory #Napoleonic
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1804-05, off French-held #Martinique, a tiny pinnacle of rock was fortified by #Royal Navy by hoisting guns up high cliffs. Rated as a sloop, it held out for 17 months despite shortages of food, ammunition & drinking water. Click: https://t.co/Y6tP11TgzB #History #Napoleonic
#Royal Navy fortified a tiny pinnacle of rock off French-held #Martinique in 1804-05 by hoisting guns up high cliffs. Rated as a sloop, it held out for 17 months despite shortages of food & drinking water. Click: https://t.co/Y6tP11TgzB #History #Napoleonic
In 1815 #RoyalNavy frigate turned troopship HMS Penelope was wrecked on the #Canadian coast. It became notorious for the breakdown in discipline of her crew, albeit in atrocious circumstances. Click: https://t.co/r4oAsIVGNk #NavalHistory #Napoleonic #MaritimeHistory
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A French privateer, originally built as a polacca, was to serve under the flags of four nations in just 8 years. She fought her most remarkable action as the #RoyalNavy brig-of-war HMS Transfer in 1799. Click: https://t.co/1GIwnPpAOw #NavalHistory #Napoleonic #18thCentury
1795: Without other support, “Carronade crazy” Captain Henry Trollope in HMS Glatton fought a successful action against a powerful French squadron of six large frigates, a brig, and a cutter off the Dutch coast. Click: https://t.co/M4ZWn3rWsr #RoyalNavy #Napoleonic #NavalHistory
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