HMS Hercules, a detail of a larger canvas: Combat de la Poursuivante contre l'Hercule, 1803 ("Fight of the Poursuivante against the Hercules", 1803). Which shows the French frigate Poursuivante raking the British ship
HMS Hercules, in the
action of 28 June 1803.
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== Summary == {{Information |Description= {{Information Musée national de la Marine de Paris |artist=
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