First position of the English and French fleets at two in the afternoon the 20th of May, 1756 : wind S.W. by W. [engraving]

First position of the English and French fleets at two in the afternoon the 20th of May, 1756 : wind S.W. by W. [engraving]

[London] Publish'd according to act of Parliam.t 1757, for Adm.l Byng's Trial in two vols octavo 1757

1 fold. engraving : ill. ; 39 x 49 cm.

IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff

"References ... : A. French line of 12 ships with their heads to the N.W., their main top sails to the mast but this stearage way. B. English line of 13 ships, going down on the enemy, the Adm.l Byng, having just made the signal of the leading ship to lead large, in order to lead down slanting on the enemy, and avoid being raked. C. Five French frigates to leeward of their line. D. Four English frigates to windward of their line, and a scooner tender.
English ships: Defiance, Portland, Lancaster, Buckingham, Captain, Intrepid, Revenge, Pr.s Louisa, Trident, Ramilies (Byng's flagship), Culloden, Deptford, Kingston; attending frigates: Experiment, Dolphin, Proenix, and Chesterfield. The French ships of the line are not identified by name.
One of 5 engravings showing the relative positions of the two fleets over the course of the afternoon. See also leaves 57-60 in The Tragedy for other engravings intended to appear with the account of Byng's trial.
Leaf 56 in The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757

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