"Battle between the Héros and the Superb"

Manufactory Petitpierre et Cie French

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The subject is one of the battles that took place in 1782 and 1783 in the Indian ocean between a French squadron under the bailli de Suffren in his flag-ship the Héroes and an English force under Sir Edward Hughes in the Superb, in which the French had the advantage.

"Battle between the Héros and the Superb", Petitpierre et Cie (French, 1790–1802), Cotton, French, Nantes

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