Battle of Cape Ortegal
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The Battle of Cape Ortegal was the final action of the Trafalgar campaign, and was fought between a squadron of the Royal Navy and a remnant of the fleet that had been defeated earlier at the Battle o
Strachan's Action off Ferrol Thomas Whitcombe, c. 1806
1807 painting of the French prizes being brought to England
French ship Scipion (1801)
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Scipion was a 74-gun French ship of the line, built at Lorient to a design by Jacques Noel Sane. She was laid down as Orient in late 1798, and renamed Scipion in 1801. She was first commissioned in 18
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Scipion (1801), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
Blockade of Toulon, 1810-1814: Pellew's action, 5 November 1813, by Thomas Luny