HMS Phoenix was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1759 and sunk in 1780 and saw service during the American War of Independence.
The engraving The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enemy's fire ships and galleys on the 16 Aug. 1776. by Dominic Serres after a sketch by Sir James Wallace
Perilous situation of the ship
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany
Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany was the younger brother of George III of the United Kingdom and the second son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha.
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, c. 1764
The Duke of York and Albany, 1763, as painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
The Duke of York and Albany in the robes of the Order of the Garter, approx. 1764–1765