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“A man should witness a battle in a three-decker from the middle deck, for it beggars all description: it bewilders the senses of sight and hearing”
Lewis Roatley, age 20, 2nd Marine Lieutenant aboard Victory at Trafalgar
Camperdown by W.A. Knell
National War Museum of Scotland
1756- Invincible was flagship of a squadron blockading the west coast of France. Involving a personnel matter, this original letter was written aboard Invincible ‘at Sea’ by Edward Boscawen, one of the RN’s great Admirals. Reply from Ordnance Office on reverse #Invincible1744