HMS Royal George (1756)
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HMS Royal George was a 100-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the largest warship in the world at the time of her launch on 18 February 1756. Royal George took ten years to con
1757 painting of Royal George (right)
Stern of Royal George: 1779 painting of a model by Joseph Marshall at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Bow of the Royal George, by Marshall at the Science Museum, London
Loss of the Royal George (John Christian Schetky, 1840)
Battle of Quiberon Bay
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The Battle of Quiberon Bay was a decisive naval engagement during the Seven Years' War. It was fought on 20–21 November 1759 between the Royal Navy and the French Navy in Quiberon Bay, off the coast o
HMS Royal George (1756)
…The ship saw immediate service during the Seven Years' War, including the Raid on Rochefort in 1757. She was Admiral Sir Edward Hawke's flagship at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. The ship was laid up following the conclusion of the war in 1763, but was reactivated in 1777 for the American Revolutionary War. She then…
Painting of the battle by Richard Paton
The Battle of Quiberon Bay by Dominic Serres, 1779
Painting of the battlefield on 21 November
Battle of Quiberon Bay, 1761 Pierre-Charles Canot engraving after a Richard Paton painting