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| Keywords: The Battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, beginning of the action.jpg en 'The Battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805 beginning of the action' oil on canvas by Thomas Buttersworth In the right foreground is the French ship ˜Bucentaure ™ in starboard-bow view with her mizzen mast and main topgallant mast shot away In port-bow view and passing astern of her is the British ˜Neptune ™ delivering raking fire Astern of her and only half in the picture is the ˜Leviathan ™ port bow view In the left foreground the ˜Santissima Trinidad ™ is shown in port bow view Her main and mizzen masts and fore-topgallant mast are being shot away by the ˜Victory ™ which is passing astern of her as she breaks the line Only her stern in port-quarter view can be seen and her mizzen topmast is falling Beyond her also in port-quarter view is the ˜Redoutable ™ with the ˜Téméraire ™s stern seen on her starboard side the latter also engaged with the Spanish ˜Neptuno ™ In the centre background is the ˜Euryalus ™ frigate in port-quarter view and the bow of the ˜Royal Sovereign ™ can be seen as she breaks the line astern of the ˜Santa Ana ™ in starboard-bow view losing her main topmast A mast and top with a yard and sail is in the water in the centre foreground Buttersworth painted this as one of a pair the other depicts the storm after the battle http //www nmm ac uk/collections/nelson/viewRepro cfm reproID BHC0553 picture 1 content Collections of the National Maritime Museum Creator Thomas Buttersworth date pre-1842 PD-old-100 ImageNote 1 396 75 88 217 560 369 2 Bucentaure ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 334 122 113 168 560 369 2 HMS Neptune ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 514 150 45 136 560 369 2 HMS Leviathan ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 4 85 113 204 560 369 2 Santissima Trinidad ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 49 132 130 158 560 369 2 HMS Victory ImageNoteEnd 5 Paintings of the Battle of Trafalgar Thomas Buttersworth Ships under sail | ||||
