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R. & D. Havell
Author
Robert Havell senior  (1769–1832)  wikidata:Q18527272
 
Alternative names
Robert Havell I; Robert, Sr. Havell; Robert, le vieux Havell; Robert, I Havell; Robert I Havell; Robert Havell Sr.
Description British printer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 29 December 1769 Edit this at Wikidata 21 November 1832 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Reading Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q18527272
Daniel Havell  (1786–1822)  wikidata:Q18325155
 
Description English engraver
Date of birth/death 1786 Edit this at Wikidata May 1822 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Reading Edit this at Wikidata Kingston-upon-Thames
Work period 1810 Edit this at Wikidata–1826 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q18325155
, George Andrews (active 1794-1813) (publisher)
Title
TO THE CAPTAINS, OFFICERS & CREWS, OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS POMONE, CAPTAIN BARRIE, / UNITÉ, CAPTAIN CHAMBERLAYNE, & SCOUT BRIG, CAPTAIN SHARPE. / Plate 1,,st 6, o'Clock PM, Representing the Squadron under the orders of Capt,,n Barrie, towing into Sagone Bay to attack a French Squadron / advantageously moored close to the shore, & under the protection of the Batteries, Martella Tower, &c, 1,,st May 1811. / Is respectfully Dedicated by their much obliged very humble Serv,,t / George Andrews.
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English: TO THE CAPTAINS, OFFICERS & CREWS, OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS POMONE, CAPTAIN BARRIE, / UNITÉ, CAPTAIN CHAMBERLAYNE, & SCOUT BRIG, CAPTAIN SHARPE. / Plate 1,,st 6, o'Clock PM, Representing the Squadron under the orders of Capt,,n... published Jul 1812

Aquatint with etching and engraving; colour printed on paper; hand coloured; edged with paper | 47.5 x 62.2 cm (image) | RCIN 735163.a
Sagone Bay, 1811.

A view of three British frigates attacking French transport ships in the Bay of Sagone on 1 May 1811. Napoleonic Wars (1803-15). Proof copy.

One of three views; the companion prints are at RCIN 735163.b and c.

This view shows the beginning of the action by three British ships: the Pomone (38-gun frigate), Captain Robert Barrie (later Sir Robert; 1774-1841); the Unité (the former French 40-gun frigate Imperieuse, captured by the British in 1793 and renamed in 1802), Captain Chamberlayne; to the left of the view, Scout (a Cruiser-class 18-gun brig sloop), Captain Alexander Renton Sharpe (d.1860; not promoted to captain until 2 January 1813; Vice-Admiral 30 October 1855).

The scene shows the British firing on three French ships which were nestled under the protective fires of the batteries under the martello tower, clearly seen in the middle background. The French ships carried a cargo of timber which was destined for the French naval yards at Toulouse. After ninety minutes, two of the French ships, the Giraffe and Nourrice caught fire, setting fire to the merchant ship which was with them. The loss of the timber delayed construction of new French ships by several months.

The British frigates are flying the white ensign from the gaff-peak; a new four-cornered sail - the spanker - had been introduced in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. It was suspended at the top by a wooden pole known as the gaff, and held at the bottom by another wooden pole known as the boom. This new sail got in the way of the old ensign staff and so the ensign, where a ship was rigged with a spanker, was hoisted from the peak of the gaff, as shown clearly in this view.
Depicted place Sagone Bay, Corsica
Date July 1812
date QS:P571,+1812-07-00T00:00:00Z/10
Medium Aquatint with etching and engraving
Dimensions 42.1 x 62.2 cm (neatline); 47.52 x 62.2 cm (image); 51.3 x 68.5 cm (platemark); 54.0 x 71.4 cm (sheet)
institution QS:P195,Q1459037
Accession number
RCIN 735163.a
Source/Photographer https://militarymaps.rct.uk/napoleonic-wars-1803-15/sagone-bay-1811-to-the-captains-officers-crews-of-his
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