HMS Britannia with other shipping off Swansea | Joseph Walter | 19th Century 18th Century The painting "Seaport by Moonlight"

The painting "Seaport by Moonlight" by Claude Joseph Vernet

The coastline is visible in the distance on the left

His works can be found in museums in Japan and in the Netherlands

in addition to Imperial warships

000 English were taken prisoner including a third vice-admiral

HMS Britannia with other shipping off Swansea | Joseph Walter | 19th Century 18th Century The painting "Seaport by Moonlight"HMS Britannia was a 120 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1813 and launched on 20 October 1820. Commissioned in 1823, she saw service in the Mediterranean from 1830 1 and in 1841. She was decommissioned in 1843, before returning to service for the Crimean War, serving as flagship of Admiral Sir James Deans Dundas, commanding the British fleet in the Mediterranean and Black Sea from 18514. She was engaged in the