French Firerafts Attacking the British Fleet off Quebec

French Firerafts Attacking the British Fleet off Quebec is an oil on canvas history painting by the English painter Samuel Scott, from 1767.

As with an earlier fireship attack, serious destruction was avoided when British crewmen were able to tow the flaming rafts to safety.

Quebec City is on the right while the rafts, billowing flame and smoke, are being intercepted by the ship's boats of the British fleet.

To the left are the warships of the British fleet with HMS Stirling Castle, the flagship of Saunders, closest to the centre.

[4] The painting is today in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich[4] as is the artist's companion work, French Fireships Attacking the English Fleet off Quebec.

French Fireships Attacking the English Fleet off Quebec , 1767