This page contains numerous references, including those from the previous mentioned BritishBattles.com, as well as the National Maritime Museum and the Royal Collection currently in the possession of Queen Elizabeth II.
Once more, thanks to BritishBattles.com:
Thanks again to BritishBattles.com for the images as well as some of the wording for our captions!
The words used for most of the captioning for the images, in addition to the images themselves, comes from the website BritishBattles.com.
On the 21st of October in the year 1805, one of the greatest battles in the history of naval confrontations was fought between the British Royal Navy and the French forces of Napoleon Bonaparte. By the time the Battle of Trafalgar concluded, not only had a great victory been scored against Napoleon and his attempts Read More …
The Nile Delta. Aboukir Bay – Mediterranean coast. In one of the greatest naval battles in history, The Battle of the Nile – fought between the British Royal Navy led by Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson and the French Navy under Vice-Admiral François-Paul-Brueys d’Aigalliers – began on this day. By its’ conclusion on the third, a Read More …
In the original Patrick O’Brian Aubrey-Maturin series, many of the stories took place during the War of 1812 between the young nation of the United States and the British Empire. In the series, Jack Aubrey would have been involved, therefore he would have known of this: Courtesy of Wikipedia: The Capture of USS Chesapeake, or Read More …
Jack Aubrey would have known of this engagement: Courtesy of Wikipedia: The Glorious First of June (also known in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2or Combat de Prairial)[Note A] of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic Read More …