Battle of the Nile by Robert Taylor. SQN348DHM6260. Battle of the Nile by Robert Taylor. Robert Taylor's dramatic painting depicts the Battle of the Nile at about 1800 hours on August 1, 1798. Having caught Napoleon's French Fleet completely by surprise in Aboukir Bay, Vice Admiral Nelson engaged at 1700 hours. Many of Napoleon's crew were ashore or visiting other ships, and the painting depicts the frantic efforts of crews to rejoin their own ships, immediately following Nelson's attack.
DHM1807APB
Opened in 1932
Signed by Squadron Leader Geoffrey Wellum DFC
Signed limited edition of 250 prints (numbered 1 - 250 of 700)
Major John Howard (D Company Ox and Bucks Light Infantry) gliders achieved complete surprise and the bridge was taken in a matter of minutes
and into the burning inferno to deliver their deadly cargo
Seagulls take flight as the distant drone of Merlin engines starts to rise above the sound of wind and surf on their deserted beach
who had become the top American ace with the Lafayette Escadrille
VII which carried his personal emblem
Signed by Oberstleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs
From that day on
The Wreck of the Birkenhead 1852 by Charles Dixon The HMS Birkenhead was lost in 1852 off the coast of South Africa when the troopship struck a submerged rock