2-637-153 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Remember Nelson', c1812. On 13 March 1811, a British squadron engaged with a French and Venetian fleet off the coast of Croatia at the Battle of Lissa. The commander of the British squadron, Captain William Hoste (1780-1828), sent the signal Remember Nelson to rally his crews, who then went on to defeat the larger enemy fleet by means of superior seamanship and gunnery. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]