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Etching of ships DEFENCE & CYRUS, engaged in combat, 1778. At lower left: "DEFENCE & CYRUS 1778" (in pencil). At lower right: "L F Middlebrook/ 1924 (in pencil). Singed lower right in plate: "L F Middlebrook". Brig DEFENCE, of CT Navy, converted to ship sometime prior to 1778. Captured 13 British ships during Revolutionary War, including the CYRUS. Wrecked off New London in 1779. Ship CYRUS (CYNUS) of British Navy, captured off Bermuda by DEFENCE in 1778. Sheet 13-3/16" x 9-13/16".