"You are, Sir, thoroughly acquainted with the merits of Captain Cockburne, that is needless for me to express them; but the Discipline of the Minerve does the highest credit to her captain and lieutenants and I wish fully to express the Sense I entertain of their Judgement and Gallantry" (Nelson in his report to Sir John Jervis)
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Contemporary Spanish artist Carlos Parilla's imagination of HMS "Minerve" dueling with "La Sabina" |
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Another hard-fought frigate action: "Capture of La Minerve" off Toulon in 1795, by Thomas Whithcome (1816) |
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“Príncipe de Asturias” exchanging broadsides with the British line of battle at St Vincent (by an unknown artist*) |
* The image of Príncipe above was found on:
https://alexandromalaspina.wordpress.com/2012/11/
Read more on:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_19_December_1796
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