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Champions then and now: the Victory and the Dreadnought Both ships, and the submarine alongside the Victory, are shown on the same scale. The picture is reproduced by kind permission of the proprietors of the Illustrated London News. Photos by Stephen Cribb, Southsea. Facing page Our first Dreadnought 10 From a contemporary print kindly lent by Mr. Wentworth Huyshe. The Dreadnought is shown as she appeared when serving in the “Ship Money” Fleet of Charles the First—circ. 1637. “Old Dreadnought’s” Dreadnought 28 From the original drawing made in 1740 for the official dockyard model. Now in the Author’s collection. The Red-Letter Day of Nelson’s Calendar. How the Dreadnought led the Attack on the 21st of October, 1757 34 Painted by Swaine. Engraved and Published in 1760. When George the Third was King. Officers at Afternoon Tea Ashore 38 Thomas Rowlandson. 1786. Manning the Fleet in 1779. A Warm Corner for the Press Gang 38 James Gillray. October 15th, 1779. The County and its Ship. The Kent Trophy Challenge Shield 54 From a photograph kindly lent by the designers and manufacturers of the trophy, Messrs. George Kenning & Son, Goldsmiths, Little Britain and Aldersgate Street, London. The Scene of the Operations under Admiral Watson and Clive 76 From Major James Rennell’s “Bengal Atlas,” published in 1781. Reproduced by the courtesy of the Royal Geographical Society. Admiral Boscawen’s Victory 136 In the foreground to the right is seen the Warspite attacking the Téméraire. Boscawen’s flagship, the Namur, is in the centre flying the Admiral’s Blue Flag at the main, and at the fore the red battle-flag, the “Bloody Flag” of the Old Navy. Painted by Swaine. Engraved and published in 1760. Hawke’s Victory in Quiberon Bay 152 The picture shows the Royal George (in the centre) sinking the Superbe, and the Formidable (immediately beyond the Superbe and in the background) lowering her colours to the Resolution (the ship coming up astern of the Royal George). Painted by Swaine. Engraved and published in 1760. The Execution of Admiral Byng 164 From a contemporary print. Portsmouth in the Year that the Victory joined the Fleet 170 From a contemporary print. At Portsmouth Point 176 Thomas Rowlandson. In Portsmouth Harbour 176 Thomas Rowlandson. The Victory on her First Cruise 186 Drawn by Captain Robert Elliot, R.N. Engraved and Published in 1780. The First Fight in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts 198 Admiral Sir Samuel Hood’s squadron of 22 ships (at anchor) beating off De Grasse’s opening attack with 28 ships (shown coming into the bay under full sail) at 2.30 p.m. on January 25th, 1782. Drawn by N. Pocock, “from a sketch made by a gentleman who happened at the time to be on a visit at a friend’s, on a height between Basse Terre and Old Road.” Our First Donegal 212 The captured French line-of-battle ship Hoche, being towed by the Doris, 36, Lord Ranelagh, into Lough Swilly. Drawn by N. Pocock, from a sketch made from the Robust by Captain R. Williams of the Marines. Reproduction of the Official Drawing of the Victory’s foretopsail after Trafalgar as Returned into Store at Chatham Dockyard in March, 1806 228 Trafalgar—12 noon: as Sketched on the Spot by a French Officer 252 From a photograph of the original sepia drawing now in the possession of a descendant of Captain Lucas of the Redoutable.