ltwilliammowett:The Frigate HMS ‘Triton’by Nicholas Pocock 1797 This ship’s portrait was painted for
ltwilliammowett:The Frigate HMS ‘Triton’by Nicholas Pocock 1797 This ship’s portrait was painted for Vice-Admiral James Gambier, Lord Gambier. He was a Lord of the Admiralty at the time it was painted in 1797 and was the designer of the fifth-rate frigate,32-gun ‘Triton’, built as an experiment at Deptford in 1796 with timbers of fir rather than oak. Shewas later involved with three other British frigates in the capture of two Spanish treasure ships in the Bay of Biscay, on 16 October 1799, an action which made a fortune for all four captains. And was broken up in 1820. -- source link