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Description: | Ensign of the French frigate Guerri�re, 40 guns. She was captured on 19 July 1806 by the Blanche, commanded by Captain Thomas Lavie. The Guerri�re was one of four French vessels sent north to seize British whalers in March that year. One, the N�arque, was taken shortly after they left port. By the time the Guerri�re surrendered to the British, her hull was foul and her crew badly affected by scurvy. The action off the Faroes lasted only forty-five minutes. The remaining two frigates returned to France having captured twenty-nine whalers or merchantmen. The hand-sewn flag is made of wool bunting with a linen hoist. The square hole in the centre was probably cut by souvenir hunters at an earlier date.
French national flag and ensign from 1794-1814, and after 1830. Formerly tied to staff, now removed, (display prop). The tricolour combined the red and blue colours of the arms of Paris with the white of the French monarchy. The colours and form of the tricolour have influenced the design of national flags in all parts of the world. This influence became apparent in the flags of the states established following Napoleon's Italian campaigns.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | France: Navy Thomas Blanche 1804 [HMS] Lavie naval ensigns Guerriere 1788 The Royal Navy A History from the Earliest Times until 1900 Capt | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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