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Description: | 'The Artois capturing two Dutch privateers, 3 December 1781'
The names of the two captured Dutch privateers were 'Mars' and 'Hercules'; both were subsequently acquired by the RN and commissioned as brig-sloops 'Orestes' and 'Pylades' (see Rif Winfield, 'British Warships of the Age of Sail', p. 328).
Ex Lib Naval and Fishery Exhibition 1905.
caption: The Artois capturing two Dutch privateers 3rd December 1781 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | paintings Artois 1780 | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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