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Knighting the Captains on Board the Ark Royal

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Charles (1536–1624), Baron Howard of Effingham (subsequently 1st Earl of Nottingham, KG), the Lieutenant-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and Army (to whom Sir Francis Drake was second-in-command) is seen on board his flagship, the 'Ark Royal'. On the evening of 25th July 1588, following a successful engagement with the Spanish off the Isle of Wight, he knighted John Hawkins (his rear-admiral), Martin Frobisher (commander of the 'Triumph') and Lord Thomas Howard (later 1st Baron Howard de Walden and Earl of Suffolk) for their gallantry.

National Trust, Buckland Abbey

Yelverton

Title

Knighting the Captains on Board the Ark Royal

Date

1936

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 100 x W 272 cm

Accession number

809840

Acquisition method

purchased at Sotheby's, 1998

Work type

Painting

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Yelverton, Devon PL20 6EY England

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