File:44-gun frigate in action (by Edwin Weedon).png

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A "tub" against a French squadron

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English: A naval battle in 1782, in which a 44-gun English warship engages the flagship of a French squadron and a corvette; wood engraving for the story "A Cruise in a Tub." Once a Week, volume 2, page 519. The story appears to be referring to the action of 12 December 1782, where the HMS Mediator (1782) captured the American/French corvette Alexander and the French ship Ménagère.[1]
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Author Edwin Weedon (c. 1818-1873), engraved by Joseph Swain (1820-1909)

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  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/onceweek02londuoft/page/518 A Cruise in a Tub

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