The 'Defence' at the Battle of the First of June, 1794
Nicholas Pocock
© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Note from the National Maritime Museum:
An incident from the five-day battle known as the 'Glorious First of June 1794', during the French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802, between the British fleet under Lord Howe and the French fleet under Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse.