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HMS Neptune (1797)
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HMS Neptune was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She served on a number of stations during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and was present at the Battle of Trafalg
Neptune (centre) at the Battle of Trafalgar
Neptune (centre) at the Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action by Thomas Buttersworth (oil on canvas). The ship in the right foreground is the Buce
The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805: beginning of the action by Thomas Buttersworth (oil on canvas). The ship in the right foreground is the Bucentaure in starboard-bow view, with her mizzen mast and main topgallant mast shot away. In port-bow view and passing astern of her is Neptune, delivering raking fire. On the left of the picture, the port-stern of HMS Victory is visible, passing astern of Santísima Trinidad and raking her. On Victory's starboard side is the French
H.M.S 'Victory' towed into Gibraltar, watercolour study by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield. HMS Victory, seen in full starboard view, is towed into Gibra
H.M.S 'Victory' towed into Gibraltar, watercolour study by Clarkson Frederick Stanfield. HMS Victory, seen in full starboard view, is towed into Gibraltar by Neptune seven days after the Battle of Trafalgar
Engraving entitled Intrepid behaviour of Captain Charles Napier, in HM 18 gun Brig Recruit for which he was appointed to the D' Haupoult. The 74 now p
Engraving entitled Intrepid behaviour of Captain Charles Napier, in HM 18 gun Brig Recruit for which he was appointed to the D' Haupoult. The 74 now pouring a broadside into her. 15 April 1809, by G. W. Terry.
Spithead and Nore mutinies
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The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. They were the first in an increasing series of outbreaks of maritime radicalism in the Atlantic World. Desp
HMS Neptune (1797)
…built during the early years of the war with Revolutionary France and was launched in 1797. She almost immediately became caught up in the events of the mutiny at the Nore, and was one of a few loyal ships tasked with attacking mutinous vessels if they could not be brought to order. The mutiny died out before this became…
George III conducting a fleet review at Spithead on 22 June 1773
George III conducting a fleet review at Spithead on 22 June 1773
Illustration of a living Richard Parker pointing to his hanged corpse
Illustration of a living Richard Parker pointing to his hanged corpse
Death mask of Parker taken shortly after he was hanged
Death mask of Parker taken shortly after he was hanged
The Delegates in Council, or beggars on horseback, a contemporaneous caricature
The Delegates in Council, or beggars on horseback, a contemporaneous caricature