Israel Pellew
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Admiral Sir Israel Pellew, KCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Portrait of Pellew
HMS Conqueror (1801)
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HMS Conqueror was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 November 1801 at Harwich. She was designed by Sir John Henslow as part of the middling class of 74s, and was th
Israel Pellew
…ballast had been thrown overboard. Pellew next went to sea in April 1804 following the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, commanding the ship of the line Conqueror in the Channel before going to the Mediterranean in September and participating in the full chase across the Atlantic after the French fleet and the…
Conqueror
Sketch showing Conqueror at the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805
Conqueror towing HMS Africa off the shoals at Trafalgar, three days after the battle, painting by James Wilson Carmichael