File:Moonlight battle Aftermath.jpg
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[edit]Dominic Serres: Rodney's Fleet Taking in Prizes after the Moonlight Battle, 16 January 1780 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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artist QS:P170,Q3035468 |
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English: Rodney's Fleet Taking in Prizes After the Moonlight Battle, 16 January 1780 |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | marine art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: A painting showing a scene after the Moonlight battle 16 January 1780. Sir George Rodney was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Leeward Islands in the autumn of 1779, during the War of American Independence. On his way out there he convoyed supplies to the beleaguered garrison at Gibraltar, and to Minorca. On 16 January 1780, off Cape St Vincent, he sighted a Spanish squadron of ships of the line under Admiral de Langara. They had formed a line of battle as they were heading for their home port of Cadiz, a hundred miles to the south. Rodney ordered a general chase and just after 1600 the action began. Darkness fell soon afterwards and the chase continued through the night until 02:00, when the headmost of the Spanish squadron surrendered. Four ships of the line together with the two frigates escaped, but six were taken including the flagship. The first four of these were brought to England, but the fifth and sixth were lost near Cadiz.
The painting focuses on the morning after the battle when 15 British ships surrounded the fleeing Spanish fleet. The scene is bathed in a golden glow of early morning light. The British flagship ‘Royal George’ is in the centre, indicated by the flag flying from the mainmast. She is at the head of a line of British ships, shown in the act of capturing the Spanish squadron in the middle centre. Land can be seen in the distance on the left. |
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Date | Unknown date | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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painting (oil medium QS:P186,Q296955 ) |
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height: 106.7 cm (42 in); width: 152.4 cm (60 in) dimensions QS:P2048,106.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,152.4U174728 |
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institution QS:P195,Q1199924 |
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BHC3815 |
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Credit line | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | National Maritime Museum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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