H.M.S. Swiftsure (1798)

by Suzanne | May 22, 2023 10:36 pm

Thomas Waters’ second voyage was on HMS Swiftsure, which had fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. This image is of Swiftsure becalmed near Algeciras, as sketched by one of her midshipmen, John Theophilus Lee, in 1798. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. See also P. 36 of the By Sea, By Land book.

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