{"product_id":"32950","title":"\"Trafalgar: The Flagships in Action, 21st October 1805 at about  12.40 pm. Bucentaure, HMS Victory, HMS Royal Sovereign \u0026 Santa Ana\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist-Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Print on Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition of 750 on Paper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImage size: 16 x 24 inches (40.5 x 61 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaper size: 21 x 28 inches (53250 x 71 cm)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnframed prints on paper are supplied rolled in strong cardboard tubes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt about 12.40 Vice-Admiral Nelson’s flagship HMS \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e, leading the British windward line, broke through the Franco-Spanish line, dealing as she passed a devastating blow to Vice-Admiral Villeneuve’s flagship \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eBucentaure\u003c\/i\u003e. This very famous moment is often depicted. Less frequently seen is the engagement between two other flagships, Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eRoyal Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e, leading the British leeward line, and Vice-Admiral Alava’s \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eSanta Ana\u003c\/i\u003e, an action which by this time had already been in progress for thirty minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing \u003ci\u003eRoyal Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e were \u003ci\u003eBelleisle \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMars\u003c\/i\u003e and as they came into action with the \u003ci\u003eFougeux\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndomptable \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMonarca\u003c\/i\u003e, these ships, together with \u003ci\u003eRoyal Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSanta Ana\u003c\/i\u003e, formed a melee which practically stalled in the very light winds, meaning that a large gap, of between half and three-quarters of a mile, opened up between this group and the \u003ci\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eBucentaure\u003c\/i\u003e action, particularly since the \u003ci\u003eSan Justo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSan Leandro\u003c\/i\u003e, which had been next in line following \u003ci\u003eRedoutable\u003c\/i\u003e, had worn away to leeward, the \u003ci\u003eSan Justo\u003c\/i\u003e firing a broadside at the \u003ci\u003eRoyal Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e. So for a time, until the rear of the Franco-Spanish line caught up and overtook the ships already in action, the battle consisted of two widely separated engagements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the left foreground \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e is firing her full broadside as she slowly crosses the stern of the \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eBucentaure\u003c\/i\u003e, while at the extreme left the French \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eNeptune\u003c\/i\u003e fires at \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e, and visible beyond \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e are the masts of Nelson’s nemesis the \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eRedoutable\u003c\/i\u003e, soon to collide with the \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e. At the extreme right appears HMS \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eTemeraire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e’s next in line, which is about to pass to starboard of the \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eVictory\u003c\/i\u003e. In the centre distance is the action centred around \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eRoyal Sovereign\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"font-family: 'Book Antiqua', serif;\"\u003eSanta Ana\u003c\/i\u003e and the associated melee, while coming into view beyond are the ships of the Franco-Spanish rear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GEOFF HUNT, P.P.R.S.M.A. (British, Contemporary)","offers":[{"title":"Ltd. Edition on Paper Unframed","offer_id":55616600441174,"sku":"-32950","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ltd. Edition on Paper Framed (UK only)","offer_id":55616600473942,"sku":"-32950","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1048\/3050\/1206\/files\/HUNT-T_2_281_29_846bdec2-3bfb-4d30-b16b-c6eec2fc65f1.jpg?v=1791279754","url":"https:\/\/marineartists.co.uk\/products\/32950","provider":"Marine Artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}