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| Keywords: Francis Sartorius - Four frigates capturing Spanish treasure ships, 5 October 1804.jpg Four Spanish frigates with a rich shipment from Montevideo headed for Cadiz The cargo was ultimately destined for France and therefore potentially for use against the British Four British frigates lay in wait to capture them and the two squadrons met on 5 October The senior British commander Captain Graham Moore asked the Spanish Admiral to surrender When he refused action commenced and within ten minutes the Spanish ˜Mercedes ™ had blown up with the loss of all but one officer and 45 men Half an hour later the Spanish ships ˜Medea ™ and ˜Clara ™ both surrendered The Spanish ˜Fama ™ tried to escape but also surrendered after she was chased by the British ˜Lively ™ Sartorius has arranged the eight ships of the two opposing squadrons across the canvas in pairs In the right foreground the ˜Lively fires into the ˜Clara ™ Ahead of them is the exploding ˜Mercedes ™ with the stern of the British ˜Amphion ™ beyond her To the left and ahead the British ˜Indefatigable ™ and Spanish ˜Medea ™ on the right are in close action Beyond them the British ˜Medusa ™ and Spanish ˜Fama ™ are also firing at each other <br/> La voladura de la Fragata Mercedes y el apresamiento de la escuadrilla de Bustamante el 5 de Octubre de 1804 originó la declaración de guerra a Inglaterra y es el antecedente inmediato de la batalla de Trafalgar Reproducción del cuadro de Francis Sartorius propiedad del Museo MarÃtimo Nacional de Reino Unido 1807 oil canvas cm 61 91 4 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London Greenwich Hospital Collection signed and dated ˜F Sartorius 1807 ™ http //genealogy northern-skies net/genealogy php number 187 The HMS Indefatigable http //www reference com/browse/wiki/HMS_Indefatigable_ 1784 The HMS Indefatigable accession number BHC0535 http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/12027 html ROYAL MUSEUMS GREENWICH tump 150px PD-old-100 Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Francis Sartorius Battle of Cape Santa Maria 19th-century sailing ships in paintings 19th-century paintings of naval battles 1807 paintings Burning ships Sail frigates of Spain | ||||
