Superb value age of sail naval art prints by Derek Gardner. Maritime art prints of the Defence, Victory, Glory, Valiant, Edgar, Queen and the Constitution. Derek Gardner's range of naval art prints are available from the naval art company.

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Defence by Derek Gardner HMS Defence seen leaving the fleet anchorage in Torbay, Devon in 1794 when she was serving in the Channel Fleet. Signed limited edition of 750. Print serial number DG191. Image size 19.5" x 13.5". Print price £85.
HMS Defence The 74 gun ship-of-the-line Defence, was one of England's famous "wooden walls" on which the protection of the kingdom chiefly relied, was launched in 1763 and had a distinguished career which spanned almost fifty years. During the 25 years between 1780 and 1805 the Defence took part in no less than six fleet actions. The first was with Rodney at the Moonlight Battle off Cape St Vincent in 1780 followed by Cuddalore in 1783. When war with the Revolutionary France broke out 10 years later, she became part of the Channel Fleet under Lord Howe and fought at the Battle of the Glorious 1st of June 1794 where she was badly damaged. Later she fought with Nelson at his great victories of the Nile (1798), Copenhagen (1801) and Trafalgar (1805). Her end in 1811 was tragic. In a winter storm in the North Sea when returning home from the Baltic, she went to the assistance of the disabled 98 gun St George off the Jutland coast. Both ships were driven ashore with the terrible loss of 1314 officers and men out of 1335.
	Glory & Valiant by Derek Gardner Signed limited edition of 750. Print serial number DG192. Image size 20.5" x 14". Print price £85.
The Victory by Derek Gardner Signed limited edition of 850. Print serial number DG171. Image size 18cm x 10cm. Print price £45. Supplied mounted.
	Orion by Derek Gardner His Britannic Majesty's 74 gun ship of the line HMS Orion, launched Deptford 1787. Battle honours for HMS Orion: Glorious 1st June 1794, Groix 1795, Cape St Vincent 1797, Battle of the Nile 1798, Battle of Trafalgar 1805, Baltic 1807. Print serial number LE157. Signed limited edition of 750. Image size 19" x 13". Print price £65.
The Edgar by Derek Gardner Signed limited edition of 850. Print serial number DG173. Image size 18cm x 10cm. Print price £45. Supplied mounted.
	The Constitution by Derek Gardner The Constitution with the Hornet following sail from Boston in 1812. Signed limited edition of 850. Print serial number DG174. Image size 18cm x 10cm. Print price £45. Supplied mounted.
The Constitution, with the sloop Hornet in company, sailed from Boston on 26th October 1812. War with Great Britain had broken out in June of that year and the two ships, under Commodore William Bainbridge in the Constitution, headed south down the Atlantic with the intention of joining the frigate Essex in the Pacific. The Constitution had been launched at Boston in 1797. She and her two sister ships, the United States and President were the most powerful frigates of their day and for sixteen years their superiority in their class remained unchallenged. They were built to be 'an overmatch for those of an enemy' and were constructed in such a way that their scantlings (ie. the sizes of their timbers) should be equal to those of a 74 gun ship-of-the-line. This superiority was soon to be shown when the Constitution overwhelmed the British frigate Java off the coast of Brazil on 29th December. Like the Victory, Constitution ('old ironsides' as she was long ago nicknamed) is still in existence and today remains in special commission at Boston, the oldest warship in the world still afloat and a unique link with the old sailing navy of the United States.
The Queen by Derek Gardner The name Queen is one of the oldest in the Royal Navy and dates back to a Great Ship of the reign of Henry III (1216-1272). The ship shown here was a powerful three decker, launched on the Thames in 1769. When built she carried ninety guns, but like certain other Second Rates of her class, additional guns were mounted in the early 1780's and it was as a 98 that she fought at both the second Battle of Ushant in 1781 and at the Glorious 1st of June in 1794. At the First of June she was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Alan Gardner. In this action the ship was badly cut up in Lord Howe's fleet, Captain John Hutt being among those killed. In the years following Trafalgar the need for large numbers of big three deckers with their heavy demands on manpower grew less and the Queen was taken in hand in 1811 and cut down to become a two-decker of 74 guns. She was finally broken up in 1821 at the age of 52. Signed limited edition of 850. Print serial number DG172. Image size 18cm x 10cm. Print price £45. Supplied mounted.
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