File:The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810- end of the action - After Thomas Whitticomb.jpg
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[edit]The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. |
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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English: A painting after Thomas Whitcombe. Undated, unsigned. The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. (The HMS Spartan and French Frigates: Bay of Naples, Third of May 1810). 'Spartan's' commander, Captain Jahleel Brenton, assumed that the Neapolitan ships would not come out to fight two British frigates and so, on 2 May, he sent the 'Success' off to a rendezvous south of Capri. However, the enemy had decided to fight and had embarked 400 Swiss troops into the 'Cerere', and 'Fama'. When 'Spartan' approached Naples early on the 3 May, the enemy squadron sailed out to meet him, supported by seven gunboats, each with a long 18-pounder. In the two-hour action that followed, the 'Cerere' and 'Fama' both hauled off, the latter badly damaged, while the 'Sparviero' under Commander Raffaele de Cosa was forced to strike. Captain Brenton, conducted the fight standing on the capstan and was badly wounded when he was hit in the hip by a piece of grapeshot. His first lieutenant, George Willes, then assumed command and was also wounded together with 20 others. Ten more British were killed. The Neapolitans fought with gallantry, having 131 killed or wounded, but the outcome was none the less a remarkable British success. 'Spartan' alone, with a crew of 259 and 46 guns (including subsidiary armament), had defeated a squadron headed by two frigates and armed in total with 95 guns and a complement of 1400 men. Brenton, whose injury ended his active career, received a baronetcy in December 1810. The 'Spartan' is shown here in port broadside on the left, after the action. Men are visible in the rigging attending to the damaged sails. There is a small ship's boat alongside with other figures on board. The vessel astern in the centre, with the broken mast, is the captured Neapolitan brig 'Sparviero', 8 guns, and now flies the British flag. Other ships of the defeated Neapolitan squadron can be seen in the background on the right, with Naples beyond. |
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19th century date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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Medium | watercolour on paper | |||||||||||||||||||
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height: 38.7 cm (15.2 in); width: 54.6 cm (21.5 in) dimensions QS:P2048,38.735U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,54.61U174728 |
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Notes | unsigned and undated. Depiction Association: vessels flying the French ensign. | |||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/after-thomas-whitticomb-british-circa-1763-1824-620-c-2a74938ab9 | |||||||||||||||||||
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current | 10:50, 31 October 2023 | 1,181 × 828 (849 KB) | Broichmore (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork |artist = {{Creator:Thomas Whitcombe|attributed}} |title = The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. |object type = painting |description = {{en|1= A painting after Thomas Whitcombe. Undated, unsigned.<br> The 'Spartan's' engagement with a Neapolitan squadron, 3 May 1810: end of the action. (The HMS Spartan and French Frigates: Bay of Naples, Third of May 1810). <br> Provenance: Leon F. S. Stark, Phil... |
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