Ships of William the Conqueror.

Ships of William the Conqueror. © National Maritime Museum, London

Description: On 27 September 1066 William of Normandy's fleet landed unopposed at Pevensey on the south coast. On 14 October, at Hastings, he defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold and seized the English throne. He was crowned William I on Christmas Day 1066.

Creator: S. C. H. Atkinson (artist), John Augustus (engraver), Merigot (engraver).

Date: August 1811