USS Coral Sea by Ivan Berryman
Participated in the first Battle of Narvik
Image size 36 inches x 24 inches (91cm x 61cm)
Sqn Ldr Clive Rowley MBE
the desperate conflict played out against a majestic
Mid Atlantic Dawn by Ivan Berryman. SIG2495 USS Coral Sea by IvanDHM6920. 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,