Battle of Trafalgar naval art post card HMS Temeraire French Fougeuex,

Description: The Fighting Temeraire by Ivan Berryman. Few ships availed themselves better at the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805 than HMS Temeraire. Here, she is depicted engaging the French Fougeuex, the two ships inflicting the most terrible damage upon one another in the early stages of the battle. Some crew members can be seen on Temeraire’s foredeck, trying to cut away the fallen fore yard and sail while her fore topsail flaps helplessly above after being set on fire. The acrid gun smoke soon became so bad that Captain Harvey ordered the Temeraire’s larboard guns to stop firing briefly so that he could check that he was not firing on his own ships. Temeraire would eventually take both the Fougeuex and The Redoutable as prizes, at one point having one enemy ship lashed to each side of her hull. As an aside, Temeraire was most likely the only ship at Trafalgar to have no figurehead. Having been built during a more austere period, she lacked much of the decoration of her contemporaries. It is believed, however, that her crew funded a figurehead after the battle from their own prize money, as a ship with no figurehead was considered a ship with no eyes and no soul. A modest crowned head featured at her bow until she was broken up at Beatson’s Yard in Rotherhithe between 1838 and 1839. First time offered for sale as collectors post cards i have been allocated only 5 sets WHICH THIS IS ONE INDIVIDUAL CARD OFF Published by Cranston Fine Art These brand new collectors post cards RELEASED March 2024 and Only 100 sets are available of these first edition post cards size 6 inches by 4 inches DISCOUNT IS GIVEN FOR COMBINED POSTAGE EVERY ADDITIONAL CARD IS 50p Please Note Logos on image are not on the actual art print.

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