HMS Queen | Robert Strickland Thomas | 1845 19th Century with Victor and Ceylon visible

with Victor and Ceylon visible in the background

Nautical chart of Portuguese cartographer Fernão Vaz Dourado (c

junks have been used as war ships

The battle was a key engagement in the conflict between Britain and Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars

HMS Queen | Robert Strickland Thomas | 1845 19th Century with Victor and Ceylon visibleH. M. S. Queen, Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Edward Rich Owen, Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean fleet 1841 1845, leaving Malta. HMS Queen was a 110 gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 May 1839 at Portsmouth. She was the last purely sailing built battleship to be ordered. Subsequent ones were ordered with both sails and steam engines. All British battleships were constructed with sailing rig until the 1870s. HMS