Image: The Romney captures La Sybille 17 June 1794 PX9683

Description: The Romney captures La Sybille 17 June 1794 Pasted to the back of watercolour by Pocock?. Shows the moment that the Romney’s first lieutenant, William Henry Brisbane, was sent to take possession of the Sibylle... Captain Paget died just three months after the action off Minorca when his wounds from this battle re-opened, although it's unclear whether these fatal injuries had been incurred in the action with the Sibylle or were those inflicted by a would-be assassin’s knife in Constantinople a decade earlier. He was interred with military honours at Gibraltar. Partial caption text: The situation of His Majesty's ship Romney, Hon. Captain Wm. Paget prior to the engagement with La Sybille French national? frigate commanded by Com. Rondeaux with La Fortune. L'Escrivina? & Adela ... Polacres under his company lying in the bay of Myconi in the archipelago , June 17th 1794. The 3 former ships are showed with moorings ... ready for attack. The boat with the English ... is going to demand La Sybille ... the British... upon refusal. The Romney fires a forecastle? first ... last one hour ... minutes, in which we lose 10 killed & 40? wounded? ... La Sibylle. 50? killed,& 90 wounded. {Romney has ...270 .... / La Sybille ... . Repro ID: PX9683
Title: The Romney captures La Sybille 17 June 1794
Credit: https://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/139631.html
Author: Nicholas Pocock?
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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