A Battle with the Elements | William Lionel Wyllie | 1885 17th Century promoted to Vice-Admiral and given

promoted to Vice-Admiral and given six ships to redeem his pledge

The main obstacle to be overcome was the Iron Castle at the northern side of the entrance to the harbour

serving as flagship of Admiral Sir James Deans Dundas

The Battle of Trafalgar was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars

Turner (1775-1851)

A Battle with the Elements | William Lionel Wyllie | 1885 17th Century promoted to Vice-Admiral and givenA painting showing the hulk of the wooden frigate 'Leonidas' anchored near Upnor on the Medway in Kent. The coastline is visible in the distance on the left. The 'Leonidas', 36 guns, was launched in 1807 and by 1872 had ceased active service to become a powder hulk storing gun cotton. By the 1880s, with the coming of steel and steam power, many of the old 'wooden walls' were being used in naval anchorages for such purposes. Those in the Medway, off