R650
James Cundee, Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Sceptre, of Seventy Four Guns in Table Bay, circa 1806
Soft ground etching from Gleanings in Africa
23 by 38,5cm unframed
In a storm in 1709 the Sceptre's poop deck was washed off. The ship then split in two as a result of a collision with the Oldenborg, a Danish sixty four gun ship. The Jupiter was also lost with all hands, altogether twelve vessels were lost in the storm.
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