HMS Suprise Cutting Hermione | Charles Dixon | 20th Century Size:A3 Landscape These are Thames sailing barges

These are Thames sailing barges with their masts and sails lowered

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They fought south west of the Gulf of Cádiz on 18 August and to the east of the small Portuguese port of Lagos

HMS Suprise Cutting Hermione | Charles Dixon | 20th Century Size:A3 Landscape These are Thames sailing bargesThe cutting out of the Hermione by HMS Surprise on the night of October 24, 1799, remains one of the most daring naval operations of the Age of Sail. The Hermione, a former British frigate captured in a brutal mutiny in 1797 and delivered to the Spanish at La Guaira, was anchored under heavy guard in the fortified harbor of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. Captain Edward Hamilton of HMS Surprise led a stealthy nighttime boarding assault with around 100 men