HMS Britannia with other shipping off Swansea | Joseph Walter | 19th Century 18th Century Vice Admiral Abraham van der

Vice Admiral Abraham van der Hulst and Rear Admiral Frederik Stachouwer

Leonidas was the Spartan king who died defending Greece in 480 BC by holding the pass at Thermopylae against a huge Persian invading army

she saw service in the Mediterranean from 1830-1 and in 1841

His works can be found in museums in Japan and in the Netherlands

000 English were taken prisoner including a third vice-admiral

HMS Britannia with other shipping off Swansea | Joseph Walter | 19th Century 18th Century Vice Admiral Abraham van derHMS Britannia was a 120 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, laid down in 1813 and launched on 20 October 1820. Commissioned in 1823, she saw service in the Mediterranean from 1830 1 and in 1841. She was decommissioned in 1843, before returning to service for the Crimean War, serving as flagship of Admiral Sir James Deans Dundas, commanding the British fleet in the Mediterranean and Black Sea from 18514. She was engaged in the