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DescriptionTrois vaisseaux francais captures a la bataille du cap finisterre oct 1747.jpg
English: To the Rt Honble Dunk Earl of Hallifax... This Plate... the Stern Views of the Terrible and Neptune..., also that of the Severn..., three of the six French Men of War taken by the British Fleet under the Command of Sir Edward Hawke... Octr 14 1747. Three of the six French vessels captured at the Battle of Cape Finisterre in October 1747.
Français : Trois des six vaisseaux français capturés à la bataille du cap Finisterre, octobre 1747. De gauche à droite : le Severn, le Terrible et le Neptune intégrés à la flotte anglaise en1751.
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