HMS Queen | Robert Strickland Thomas | 1845 19th Century Blaeu’s c

Blaeu’s c

The battle was a key engagement in the conflict between Britain and Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars

while the rest of the hull and surrounding water is darkened by the lashing rain

possibly marking a shipping channel

as she heads outward-bound with her squadron in 1793 for the Mediterranean

HMS Queen | Robert Strickland Thomas | 1845 19th Century Blaeu’s cH. M. S. Queen, Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Edward Rich Owen, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean fleet 1841 1845, leaving Malta. HMS Queen was a 110 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 May 1839 at Portsmouth. She was the last purely sailing built battleship to be ordered. Subsequent ones were ordered with both sails and steam engines. All British battleships were constructed with sailing rig until the 1870s. HMS