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1816 a combined & Fleet under Admiral Edward Pellew & Vice Adm. Theodorus van Capellen, bombarded the African port of Algiers to enforce the abolition of Christian slavery. The ferocious battle was a success freeing 3000 Christian slaves.

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2022-08-27

Today is
‘Kites’ (1925) by Claughton Pellew (1890-1966) shows a peaceful scene by the beach. It is a wood engraving printed on paper.

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2022-01-14

The Blockade of Toulon, 1810-14: Pellew's Action, 5 November 1813.
Painting by Thomas Luny (1759-1837), 1830.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Caird Fund (ID: BHC0604)

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2021-09-07

1816 a combined & Fleet under Admiral Edward Pellew & Vice Adm. Theodorus van Capellen, bombarded the African port of Algiers to enforce the abolition of Christian slavery. The ferocious battle was a success freeing 3000 Christian slaves.

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2021-08-27

For the life in them he loved most things,
But a tree chiefly. All along the lane
He planted elms where now the stormcock sings
That travellers hear from the slow-climbing train.

Claughton Pellew, The Train (1920)

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2020-09-20

The Bombardment of Algiers by George Hyde Chamber. In 1816 Sir Edward Pellew, then an admiral, was sent in command of an Anglo-Dutch fleet to “persuade” the Dey of Algiers to stop slave trading. It would be Pellew’s final battle.

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2020-07-10

Wishing all the mothers out there a beautiful day, whether you're having to stay away from family for now, or even if you're having to stay a little too close! Stay strong, mums! You've got this!

This thread is just for you.

1. 'Mother and Child' by Claughton Pellew, 1920

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2020-03-22

Droits de l'Homme fighting Amazon & Indefatigable 1797 - by Le Guen

The action that made Edward Pellew famous. Fought in a storm, the frigates used their manoeuvrability to disable their larger opponent, till she was wrecked on the shore, with huge loss of life

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2018-09-27

"Bombardment of Algiers, 1816" by G Chambers

This action was Sir Edward Pellew's last battle. The British had band the Atlantic Slave Trade, but the Dey of Algiers was still trading in Christian slaves. An Anglo/Dutch fleet made him think differently.

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2018-06-15