The frigate HMS <i>Minerve</i> heading for the open sea past the Bugio lighthouse at the mouth of the Tagus, the wreckage of the 3rd rate <i>Bombay Castle</i> (lost 21st December 1796) clearly visible alongside the lighthouse<br><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://photoarchive.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/objects/461596/hm-frigate-minerve-leaving-the-tagus-1797">H.M. Frigate <i>Minerve</i> Leaving The Tagus, 1797</a><br></p>
Lot number: /23271/lot/81/  The Marine Sale, 13 April 2016, 14:00 BST <br>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Thomas_Buttersworth" class="extiw" title="w:en:Thomas Buttersworth"><span title="British artist (1768-1842)">Thomas Buttersworth</span></a>
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18<sup>th</sup> century <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7</div>
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