File:The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 RMG PW5875.tiff

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Nicholas Pocock  (1740–1821)  wikidata:Q1859751
 
Nicholas Pocock
Alternative names
Nicholas Pococke; Pococke; Pocock; N. Pocock
Description British painter
Noted for detailed paintings of naval battles during the Age of Sail
Date of birth/death 2 March 1740 Edit this at Wikidata 9 March 1821 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bristol, England, UK Raymead, Cookham, Berkshire, England, UK
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creator QS:P170,Q1859751
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English: The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797

A pencil and wash drawing signed, ' N. Pocock', lower left and inscribed 'Camperdown' by the artist. It shows the later part of the action with De Winter's totally dismasted Dutch flagship 'Vrijheid' in the centre still exchanging broadsides with Duncan's 'Venerable', centre right. The ship on fire and missing her mizzen mast on the left is the Dutch 'Hercules',. This was as a result of action with the 'Bedford', 74, (Captain Sir Thomas Byard) which may be the ship on the far left. The fire was put out but not before the 'Hercules' had thrown all her powder overboard to forestall blowing up. Unable to defend herself further, she subsequently surrendered. While the two battle lines were numerically matched at 16 ships each, the British were more heavily gunned with, for example, seven 74s to three Dutch. Although a British victory with seven Dutch ships of the line captured, plus two 50s and two frigates - more than half the Dutch fleet - it was also a hard fought battle (and the last) in a history of such contests between British and Dutch going back to the 17th century.

Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797
Date circa 1797
date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions Sheet: 256 x 332 mm; Mount: 404 mm x 556 mm
Notes Box Title: D184. M1103, M2404-8, M2410-2414.
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/100702
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Picture Department Petrel Project Number: M2408
id number: PAF5875
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