HMS Duke was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 June 1682 at Woolwich Dockyard.
Prince George 90 guns, sketched by John Hood in 1701
HMS Prince George during the Battle of Malaga, by Charles Dixon
Prince George shown here at Cape Finisterre (1747)
The Chevalier de St. George, surrenders his sword to Anson onboard the Prince George, after the First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747). He remarked, to Anson, in allusion to two of his now captured ships being named La Gloire and L' Invincible: "Monsieur, vous avec vaincu L' Invincible, et La Gloire vous suit" (Sir, you have defeated the invincible, and the glory follows you).
The battle of Málaga, also known as the battle of Vélez-Málaga, was a major fleet action which took place during the War of the Spanish Succession between an Anglo-Dutch fleet and a French naval force on 24 August 1704. Both sides fought an intense engagement before the Anglo-Dutch fleet withdrew the next day. The French subsequently returned to Toulon, transforming the battle from a tactical stalemate into a strategic defeat, as they would not put out to sea again for the duration of the conflict. Occurring soon after the Anglo-Dutch capture of Gibraltar a few weeks prior, the battle served as one of the numerous engagements which took place for control over the settlement during the war.
A painting of the battle by Isaac Sailmaker
A sketch of the Anglo-Dutch capture of Gibraltar made on 1 August 1704
An illustration of HMS Prince George at the battle by Charles Dixon
