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HMS Leander at the Battle of the Nile - Oil on board by Geoff Hunt RSMA.
HMS Leander at the Battle of the Nile - Oil on board by Geoff Hunt RSMA.
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Oil painting on board, signel lower left, framed.
Painting dimensions 13.5 x 18 inches (345mm x 405mm)
Framed dimensions 19.5 x 24inches (495mm x 610mm)
By 1797 the fourth-rate was not considered fit for the line of battle, yet that is where H.M.S. Leander found herself, at the Battle of the Nile on 1st August. Here seen passing the grounded Culloden and the brig Mutine, Leander played a distinguished part in the ensuing night action.