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CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, CIRCA 1880
Yacht off a harbour entrance
Oil on canvas
15½ x 25½in. (38 x 65cm.)
£200-300
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δ GUY L'HOSTIS (FRENCH, 1945-)
The 'Xamura 40' Passing the Needles
Watercolour
Signed 'G L'Hostis' (lower left)
15½ x 22in. (39.5 x 56cm.) together with an Ackermann & Co. print of the yacht America after Oswald Brierly; A print of the motor cruiser Paraiso numbered 1/350 signed 'Harry Crow'; and a certificate from Monaco.
(4)
£150-250
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δ J** L** REED (BRITISH, 20TH CENTURY)
Cruising Yacht off the South Coast
Signed 'J.L. Reed' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
23¾ x 35½in. (60 x 90cm.)
£400-600
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CHARLES HARVEY (ENGLISH, 1832-)
An Ottoman xebec sailing off the Rock of Gibraltar with a British Squadron anchored in the distance
Watercolour
Inscribed 'C. Harvey' (to mount), and dated 'May 1849' (lower left)
9 x 13½in. (23 x 34.5cm.)
£400-600
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δ ROGER CHAPELET (FRENCH, 1903-1995)
Study of the barque 'Oder' in company with a schooner of the New York Yacht Club
Signed 'Roger Chapelet' and inscribed 'Oder' (lower left)
Oil on canvas
19½ x 25¾in. (49.5 x 64cm.)
£400-600
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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
An Anglo-Dutch Naval Engagement
Bears initials 'HDV'
Oil on oval panel
11 x 15in. (28 x 38cm.)
£400-600
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FOLLOWER OF WILLEM VAN DE VELDE (DUTCH,
1633-1707)
Man 'o war in a storm
Oil on panel
7½ x 10in. (19 x 25cm.)
£200-400
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BARON THEODORE GUDIN (FRENCH, 1802-1880)
A squadron of the French fleet exercising off Toulon, circa 1660
Signed and dated 'T. Gudin 1860' (lower left)
Oil on canvas
14 x 22in. (35.5 x 56cm.)
£400-600
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CIRCLE OF PETER MONAMY (BRITISH, 1681-1749)
The 'Royal Sovereign' drying her sails and attended by an Admiralty yacht
Oil on canvas
32 x 48in. (81.5 x 122cm.)
£3000-5000
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HYPPOLITE GARNERAY (FRENCH, 1787-1858)
Harbour scene with a man 'o war
Signed 'Hyp. Garneray' (lower right)
Sepia wash
16¼ x 8½in. (16 x 21.5cm.); together with another two pencil studies of fishing boats by Themistokles von Eckenbrecher
(3)
£200-300
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AFTER NICHOLAS POCOCK (BRITISH, 1740-1821)
Capture of the 'Raison' & 'Prevoyant' by H.M.S 'Thetis' (Capt. Hon. A Cochran) & H.M.S. Hussar (Capt. JP Berresford) off Cape Henry, Chesapeake 17th May 1795
Watercolour
15½ x 23in. (39.5 x 58.5cm.)
Provenance: With the Parker Gallery, London
£300-500
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JOSEPH-ANGE ANTOINE ROUX (FRENCH, 1765-1835)
Study of the 44-gun frigate 'Muiron'; study of a 74-gun frigate
Watercolour
Each 14 x 20in. (35.5 x 50cm.)
(2)
£1000-1500
The Muiron was captured on the stocks of the Venice dockyard during the first French occupation of 1797 and had the distinction of bringing Napoleon back from Egypt in 1799. He later decreed that she be preserved and a commemorative inscription was applied in gold to her stern to record this, however this didn't stop her being used as a transport to Santo Domingo in 1802 or being damaged in a collision with the Pomone in 1807. Repaired at Toulon, she became a headquarters hulk until 1811, then was sold and eventually broken up in 1850.
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J. BURROWS (ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY)
An Anglo-French frigate action
Signed 'J Burrows' (lower right)
Oil on board
18 x 21¾in. (46 x 55cm.)
£200-300
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JOSEPH-ANGE ANTOINE ROUX (FRENCH, 1765-1835)
The corvette 'La Coquille'
Signed 'Ant. Roux Pinxit 1825 Portier Del' and inscribed 'La corvette La Coquille, Commandee Par Mr Duperrey, Lieut. de V pendant son voyage tour de monde en 1822.23, 24 et 25'
Watercolour heightened with white
15 x 18¼in. (38 x 46.5cm.)
£500-800
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JOHN RAPHAEL SMITH (BRITISH 1752-1812)
Captain William Hotham, circa 1806
Inscribed on verso Painted in April 1806 at Bath by J. R. Smith of 33 Monmouth Street, London
Pastel
18¼ x 14¼in. (46.5 x 36.5cm.)
£1000-1500
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JOHN BULL (ENGLISH SCHOOL, 18TH-19TH CENTURY)
A press gang by the Old Ship Inn, Love Lane
Inscribed on lower edge of tavern sign 'John Bull'
Oil on canvas
9½ x 17½in. (24 x 44.5cm.)
£400-600
It has been suggested that the location may be Pinner, Greater London, still a village in 1800
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ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER CARSE (SCOTTISH, 1770-1843)
The King's shilling
Oil on canvas
16½ x 25½in. (42 x 65cm.)
£1500-2500
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ATTRIBUTED TO ALEXANDER CARSE (SCOTTISH, 1770-1843)
A Jack Tar in a tavern brawl
Oil on panel
12¾ x 16¾in. (32.5 x 42.5cm.)
£500-800
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FOLLOWER OF EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE (BRITISH, 1811-1880)
Flagship of a Vice Admiral of the Blue with fishing boats in the foreground, circa 1840
Oil on canvas
11½ x 15½in. (29 x 39cm.)
£400-600
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CARL LUDWIG BILLE (GERMAN 1815-1898)
A frigate of the U.S. Navy hove to off the Danish coast
Signed and dated 'C. Bille 1859' (lower right)
Oil on canvas
24 x 36½in. (61 x 92.5cm.)
£800-1200
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SIGNALS: MOROGUES, VICOMTE DE, 'TACTIQUE NAVALE, OU TRAITÉ DES ÉVOLUTIONS ET DES SIGNAUX'
2 parts in one vol., title in red and black with engraved vignette, 49 engraved plates by Dheulland, half-title, with the final errata leaf, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, head and foot of spine chipped, short splits at head and foot of spine, 4to, Paris, Guerin and Delatour, 1762
£500-800
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FLAGS: [LE GRAS, A. 'PAVILLONS, GUIDONS, FLAMMES, ETC, DE TOUTES LES PUISSANCES MARITIMES DU MONDE']
65 chromolithographed plates, no plate 50 (not called for in the list of plates), no title, contemporary sheep backed boards, spine rather worn, 4to, [Paris, c1860]
An attractive depiction of the flags, pennants etc. of almost all parts of the world including several small states in the Pacific. Le Gras states in his Avertissement that it has been impossible to find the flags for some states and therefore has left them blank. He asks his readers to furnish him with illustrations not in this book à nous permettre de compléter le travail de manière à le rendres par la suite d'une exactitude irréprochable
£400-600
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OZANNE, NICOLAS MARIE, 'MARINE MILITAIRE, OU RECUEIL DES DIFFÉRENTS VAISSEAUX QUI SERVENT À LA GUERRE'
engraved title, dedication leaf, two leaves of avertissement and 46 plates, the last folding, some margins, a little browned, 20th century mottled half sheep, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, Paris, chez l'auteur, [c.1760]
£500-800
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FOUR FLAG RELATED PUBLICATIONS
comprising Lloyd's Book of House Flags & Funnels, Lloyds 1912; Talbot-Booth House Flags & Funnels of British & Foreign Shipping Companies, Samson Lowe, circa 1935; and two foldout flag charts issued by the Merchant Marine; published by The Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph, Liverpool
(4)
£400-600
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PAASCH, CAPTAIN H., VON 'KIEL ZUM FLAGGENKNOPF, ILLUSTRIERTES MARINEWÖRTERBUCH'
in English, Französisch-Deutsch, engraved portrait (rather foxed) and 103 plates, original pictorial cloth gilt, Antwerp, 1894
£80-120
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LEDIARD, THOMAS, 'HISTOIRE NAVALE D'ANGLETERRE, DEPUIS LA CONQUÊTE DES NORMANDS EN 1066, JUSQU'À LA FIN DE L'ANNÉE 1734'
3 vol., titles printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece in vol. I, 3 vignettes, half-titles, a few modern cuttings pasted in, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spines with brown labels, red edges, spines rubbed, 4to, Lyon Frères Duplain, 1751
(3)
£250-350
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CHATTERTON, E. KEBLE, 'OLD SHIP PRINTS'
numerous plates, a few in colour, original buckram, damage to head of spine, 4to, London and New York, 1927; together with another
(2)
£60-80
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ROSKILL, CAPTAIN S.W., 'THE WAR AT SEA, 1939-1945'
3 vol. in 4, numerous folding maps and plans, plates, original cloth, dust-jackets, 8vo, London, HMSO, 1945-61
(4)
'It is believed that never before has contemporary military history been written with the opportunity of constantly looking over the enemy's shoulder'
£80-120
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LYBECK, OTTO, ED AND OTHERS, 'SVENKA FLOTTAMS HISTORIA'
3 vol., copiously illustrated with plates and illustrations, some folding, some in colour, original blue half morocco, large 4to, Malmö, 1942-45
(3)
£200-300
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MORISON, SAMUEL L., 'HISTORY OF UNITED STATES NAVAL OPERATIONS'
15vol. (including Supplement and General Index), numerous portraits and plates, original blue cloth, Boston 1975-62
(15)
£120-180
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DUFF, ROBERT, REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED, A PROMOTION
'appointed Commander in chief of His Majesty's ships and vessels employed and to be employed in the Mediterranean' signed by Sandwich, Spencer and H. Palliser and 'By command of their lordships' Ch. Humphry, document on vellum, 2 labels at the left-hand side, one blindstamped of the Admiralty, the other blue and with royal arms and 1 shilling and VI pence, 16 September 1777, mounted, framed and glazed - 11 3/8 x 12 5/8in. (29 x 32cm.)
£100-150
Duff's long naval career lasted between 1739 and 1780. He died in 1787
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H.M.S. EAGLE, A PLAN OF THE HOLD OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP EAGLE, CHARLES ROWLEY ESQUIRE CAPTAIN, 1805
3 full pages pen and wash drawings, oblong folio, [1805]; together with a volume containing 34 bills of lading in English, Italian, French and Spanish, two referring to the sherry trade, 7 November-4 February 1870; and another document
(a lot)
£150-250
Captain Charles Rowley 1770-1845, rose rapidly through the ranks becoming Admiral of the White in 1841 and was knighted by the Austrians in 1840. The Eagle was a 74 built by Thomas Pitcher of Northfleet which, during the tenure of Rowley (1805-13) enjoyed considerable success. Joining Sir Sidney Smith's squadron off Naples she captured La Corcyre (40); engaged in two boat attacks at Goro (7 taken, others burnt); a landing party from her destroyed the battery at Farasina; then assigned to Freemantle's squadron at Fiume, she captured (with Bacchante) a convoy. Serving until the mid-century, she ended first as a training ship, then guard ship, and lastly renamed Eaglet as an RNR drill ship when she caught fire in 1926 and was broken the next year.
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COPY LETTER BOOK OF H.C.S. NEPTUNE
a West Indiaman bought and adapted for the use of the East India Company, 47 and 33pp., 1811-12, folio, P.1, delivering a box to the President at Canton; P.4, letter respecting opium; P.5, an order of no clocks or pieces of mechanism exceeding £100 be exported to China; P.6, water not to be taken on Penang as it causes dysentery; P.6, about the risk of sending a boat on shore at Macau; P.8, ordering to receive on board Mrs Anne Torin on her journey to her husband in Bombay accompanied by her black servant Clara Theresa and also Miss Julia Brown; P.13, concerning a charter-party of passengers on board for China; P.23, prices for hemp lines and twine; P.35 and P.46, instructions for putting convicts on shore at Penang; P.45, receipt for packets at Prince of Wales's Island [Penang]; P.47, prohibiting the lading of syce silver in China or officers going ashore; reverse ms. P.6, describing a present to the King of Johanna [Anjouan] and the kindness of that kingdom's inhabitants; P.32, describing the arrival of the fleet at China; and numerous other letters, mostly to the Neptune describing cargo (and its faults), convicts, stores, tin plates and many other subjects
£300-500
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A MANUSCRIPT LETTER FROM LORD NELSON TO ADMIRAL COLLINGWOOD, OCTOBER 9TH, 1805
single sheet written aboard the Victory in his own hand throughout and addressed to My dear Coll -... regarding the removal of provisions and munitions from H.M.S. Malabar and signed off yours faithfully Nelson & Bronte with a postscript to remove Malabars bread of course take out of her and the other good things ... - 9½ x 7¼in. (24 x 18.5cm.)
£2000-3000
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NELSON'S FUNERAL, 9TH JANUARY 1806
a ticket for the funeral procession "from the Admiralty to St Paul's Cathedral", unissued, but with pencil inscription for Wm Smedley, copper engraved and printed on stiff card - 5¾ x 6¾in. (14.5 x 17cm.)
£400-600
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CLARKE, JAMES STANIER & JOHN M'ARTHUR, 'THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON'
2 vol. engraved portrait, frontispiece and 11 plates, 3 plans and 5 vignettes, some offsetting and water-staining, contemporary blue half roan, a little rubbed, marbled edges, bookplate of Sir A. Berkeley Milne, 4to, London 1809
(2)
£500-700
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NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS, ED., 'THE DISPATCHES AND LETTERS OF LORD VISCOUNT NELSON'
7 vol. engraved portrait, folding engraved map, folding lithographed map, a lithographed plan and 3 folding facsimiles, portrait foxed and offset on to the title, contemporary polished calf by W. Nutt, gilt spines with red and black labels, double gilt border round sides, marbled edges, vol. VII lacks front cover, a few spines very lightly rubbed, 8vo, London, 1844-46; together with another
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£300-500
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CLARKE, JAMES STANIER & JOHN M'ARTHUR,' THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON'
3 vol., additional engraved titles, 21 portraits, folding engraved map and 13 plates, a little light foxing, later 19th century half cloth, gilt spines, black labels gilt, a few very slight signs of wear, armorial bookplate of Robert Gregson Gorton, bookseller's label, 8vo, London c1850
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£200-300
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A 19TH CENTURY BAXTER PRINT OF LORD NELSON AFTER ABBOTT
mounted within a verre eglomise frame - 8 x 16¼in. (20 x 16cm.); together with a gilt brass profile of Nelson framed within an oak leaf and acorn border in circular ebonised frame - 7in (18cm.) diam; two framed book plates of Lord Hood and a modern print of a frigate action
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£200-400
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AFTER EDOARDO MARTINO (ITALIAN, 1838-1912)
The Battle of Trafalgar, a set of four etchings
All signed in pencil (lower right)
Etching
Plate 30¾ x 19¾in. (78 x 50cm.)
(4)
£200-400
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A TÉMÉRAIRE TREEN TABLE SNUFF BOX, CIRCA 1838
turned from Téméraire oak with plain sides, the lid with period label issued by C. Thorn, Cabinet maker … Well's Road - 3½in. (7cm.) diameter
£200-400
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FOUR 19TH CENTURY ADMIRALTY-PATTERN BOARDING PIKES
plain oak shafts with steel tip with broad arrow mark and ferrule to end, one with indistinct maker's mark to shaft (rust spotting overall), each approximately - 94in. (239cm.) long
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£400-600
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A LARGE SCALE WOOD AND BRASS MODEL FOR A 9LB NAVAL GUN OF 1800
possibly made by a naval engineering cadet, circa 1950, with the 25in. five stage tapering barrel with trunnion and cascabel, loosely mounted on stepped wooden naval type truck with metal tyred wooden wheels and elevation blocks - 10 x 26in. (25.5 x 66cm.)
£500-800
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A CROSS-SECTION DIORAMA OF A H.M.S. VICTORY'S UPPER GUN DECK, 20TH CENTURY
planked and pinned with ebonised wales and open ports, the deck showing two brass guns with their crews busily preparing to fire with accoutrements and ship's fittings including hanging casks, gratings, mess table and pillar supporting the top deck with Nelson and Hardy conversing and marines drilling, suspended hammocks, on a rope trimmed wooden display base with perspex cover -
8½ x 12 x 11in. (21.5 x 30.5 x 28cm.)
£300-500
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A PAIR OF CARVED ALLIGATORS FROM H.M.S. ALLIGATOR (1821), POSSIBLY FROM THE STERN OR TAFF RAIL
carved in teak, each with curled tail and raised grinning head bearing teeth and resting on a slotted base, each - 39in. (99cm.) long
(2, A pair)
£2000-4000
Alligator was a 28-gun 'Atholl' Class corvette. Fourteen were ordered and built, as usual, by various yards, but three - Alligator, Termagant and Samarang were built of teak by the East India Company under contract to the Royal Navy at their Cochin yard. Alligator was launched in March 1821 and arrived in Woolwich that October. After spells in the East Indies and Mediterranean, she was commissioned under Captain George Lambert for another stint in the East Indies and in March 1834 was present at the first hoisting of New Zealand's national flag firing the 21-gun salute. Latterly serving as a depot and troop ship, she was hulked in Hong Kong in 1846 to serve as a seamen's hospital until sold for breaking in 1865
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A PRESENTATION TELESCOPE BY DOLLOND, CIRCA 1827
comprising a 1½in. three-draw telescope with leather covered main tube, lens cap and dust slide, signed by the eyepiece and inscribed under the third draw Capt Geo Cheyne R.N. to his friend Alfred W Powles, Jany 1827 and contained within leather travelling case - 9½in. (24cm.) in travel tube
£400-600
Captain George Cheyne (1791-1863) joined the navy in 1804; His ship (Seagull 16) sank in a heroic action against the Danes in 1808. He rose to Lieutenant Commander in 1812 and Captain in 1814 and was present at the Bombardment of Algiers in 1816. He died on 11th August 1863 in Canada. Nothing is known of the recipient.
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A MARQUETRY PICTURE OF H.M.S. MINOTAUR, CIRCA 1870
depicted in profile as flagship of the Channel Squadron steaming off a fortified headland, inscribed in pen and framed - 15½ x 23½in. (39.5 x 59.5cm.) overall
£300-500
H.M.S. Minotaur was the first of an extraordinary trio of ironclads, the longest single-screw warships ever built and the only British battleships ever to carry five masts. Built at the Thames Iron Works and launched in December 1863, Minotaur was finally commissioned in April 1867 as flagship to the Channel Fleet, a position she held for eighteen years. Displacing 10,690 tons and measuring 400 x 59½ feet, she was undeniably impressive and could make 14½ knots under steam. Eventually placed in reserve in 1887 when she became obsolete, she was made a training ship first at Portland (1893-1905) and then Harwich (1905-1922), after which she was sold for scrapping.
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THE LAUNCHING CASKET FOR H.M. TORPEDO GUNBOAT HUSSAR, DEVONPORT DOCKYARD, JULY 3RD, 1894
carved with decorative roundels, the lid inscribed H.M.S. Hussar and lined with glazed watercolour of the ship with her specifications, designer, builders and launching dedication to Miss Osborn, the plush-lined base with fitted supports for carved ceremonial mallet and chisel - 7¼ x 13¾ x 9¾in. (18.5 x 35 x 24.7cm.); together with a manuscript list of Devonport launch dates between 10.3.1887-18.10.1899 and the lady invited to launch vessels; and a photocopy of the Military Record describing Hussar and her launch.
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£600-800
One of five 'Dryad' class torpedo gunboats, they were essentially enlarged 'Alarm' class vessels and retained the same slightly eccentric profile with wide-apart funnels and raised forecastles. Displacing 1070 tons, they measured 250 x 30½ft and were manned by 120 officers and crew. Armed with five 18in. torpedo tubes, a quick firing gun, one 6pdr and two 12pdrs, she could steam at a slightly stately 19¼kts at a time Thornycroft was already producing thirty-knotters. Serving as part of the International Squadron at Malta until 1905, in 1898 she embarked the final Ottoman forces in Crete after the Christian uprising of 1897-8, removing them to Salonica. In 1907 she had her armament removed and she served as a yacht and dispatch vessel for the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean. In 1914 she was converted to a minesweeper and served at Gallipoli. She was broken up at Malta in 1921.
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RAFAEL MONLÉON Y TORRES (SPANISH, 1843-1900)
The Spanish protected cruiser 'Reina Regente' off Dover
Signed and dated 'Rafael Monleon 1886' (lower right) and inscribed 'Dover Bay' (lower left)
Oil on canvas, now removed from stretcher and rolled
20 x 39in. (51 x 99cm.) (painted area)
£150-250
Built by J.G. Thomson & Co. in 1887, Reina Regente was the nameship of a Class of three, the other two (Alfonso XIII and Lepanto) being built in European yards up to five years later. Displacing 4,725 tons, she could achieve 18 1/2 knots, required 400 crew to man her and was armed with four 7.9in. guns, six 4.7in. guns, six 6-pdr quick-firing machine guns, six Nordenfelt machine guns and five torpedo tubes. In 1895 she disappeared with all hands in a storm, probably in the Gulf of Cadiz, and the wreck has yet to be found.
Provenance: J. G. Thomson & Co, Shipbuilding, Glasgow, given to David Moor, Naval Architect, on yard's closure
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LOG BOOK
Log of H.M.S. Bellerophon kept by R.K. Arbuthnot, 118ff, 49 pen and ink drawings, some hand-coloured and including 3 lithographs, calligraphic title in black and gold and with a staff of three flags, later roan, a little rubbed, 1880-81
Contains in addition to Bellerophon, 22 plans of the Caribbean and Bermuda by H.M.S. Northampton, Blanche and Orontes
£400-600
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