2-637-123 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Captain Trollope's Famous Action', c1800. On 15 July 1796 the British ship HMS 'Glatton', commanded by Captain Henry Trollope (1756-1839), engaged a squadron of French warships in the southern North Sea. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Trollope succeeded in driving the French ships into Flushing. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]