2-637-120 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The 'Blanche' and the 'Pique', c1795. A naval engagement between the English fifth-rate HMS 'Blanche', commanded by Robert Faulknor the younger (1763-1795), and the French frigate 'Pique', fought off Guadeloupe on 4 January 1795. The 'Pique' surrendered following heavy fighting, in which Faulknor was killed. The House of Commons erected a monument to his memory in St Paul's Cathedral. From Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson & Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Limited, London, 1924]