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A Sea-fight in Tudor Times

A Sea-fight in Tudor Times.jpg The 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsFifteenth-century ShipThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsFifteenth-century ShipThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsFifteenth-century ShipThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsFifteenth-century ShipThe 'Great Harry', the First Big Battleship of the British NavyThumbnailsFifteenth-century Ship

Which particular battle this picture is supposed to represent cannot be stated, since old Holinshed uses it over and over again for almost every naval engagement to which he makes reference right back as far as the Conquest. That cannon were not then in existence does not appear to trouble him at all. But we may take it as fairly representative of an action at sea in the times in which the historian lived and wrote.