2-637-146 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Strachan's Action off Ferrol', c1806. Richard John Strachan (1760-1828) led the British squadron that, on 4 November 1805, engaged and captured four French ships that had escaped the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Trafalgar, at the Battle of Cape Ortegal off the north-western coast of Spain. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]