Simon Atacks powerful painting recreates Robin Olds last air victory of WWII
Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm)
The Wreck of the Birkenhead 1852 by Charles Dixon
British Infantry of the Line on Service in the Peninsula 1813 by Richard Simkin
Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. SIG2495 Simon Atacks powerful painting recreatesDHM6920. Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. Upon hearing the news that Admiral Villeneuve and his squadron had headed across the Atlantic to the West Indies, Nelson, in HMS Victory, set off in pursuit early in June, 1805, in the hope of engaging the French there, thus preventing them from combining with the Spanish fleet that were blockaded in Cadiz. Nelsons squadron comprised the 74 gun Amazon, Swiftsure, Belleisle, Canopus, Conqueror, Donegal,