Image: Capture of Princesa

Description: The taking of the Princessa a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740, by his Majesties Ships the Lenox, Kent and Oxford This engraving depicts the taking of the Spanish 64-gun Princesa (spelt Princessa in the print) off Finisterre on 8 April 1840 by the British ships Lenox, Kent and Orford (incorrectly named in the print as Oxford). Princesa is shown port-broadside battered in the foreground with her masts broken and sails shot through, looking almost like a hulk. Meanwhile, one of the British ships is firing at her whilst the other two stay back. Engraving by Nathaniel Parr, after Peter Monamy. Printed by Bowles & Carver, and Robert Wilkinson. Text in English below image: 'The taking of the Princessa [sic] a Spanish Man of War, April 8, 1740, by his Majesties Ships the Lenox, Kent and Oxford. / N.B. Princessa had 68 guns mounted, but was capable of mounting 86. Her breadth by the beam is 50 feet 4 inches which is four Inches broader than our first Rates: 152 foot by the Keel, which is two foot longer / than our first Rates: 166 foot 3 inches on the Gun Deck, & draws 26 foot Water abaft and 23 1/2 before which is a great deal more than our first Rates draw. She had 600 Men on board of whom 200 were killed. Her / Commander was an Old experience Officer & bravely fought the Ship for 6 hours.'
Title: Capture of Princesa
Credit: Collections of the National Maritime Museum
Author: Nathaniel Parr
Permission: This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
Attribution Required?: No