Title

Harbour and Town of Cherbourg, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Harbour and Town of Cherbourg, 1850. The French port of Cherbourg prepares for a naval review. 'The vast harbour, which, in ordinary times, seldom possesses more than one or two ships of war laid up in ordinary, with a sprinkling of coasters, fishing-vessels...now contained the finest fleet of ships of the line ever brought together in France, a considerable number of magnificent steam and other frigates...With respect to Cherbourg itself as a naval station, it is a most important harbour, and consists of three parts, namely, the mercantile or inner harbour, which is commodiously situated at the mouth of the Divette; the Government dockyard and arsenal, which are quite distinct from the above, and are situated to the north-west of the town; and the great outer harbour, or roads, through which it is necessary to pass in order to reach either the mercantile harbour or the Government dockyard'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22A36_393

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26,7Mb (1,9Mb) / 16,5in x 6,3in / 4960 x 1884 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea coast town coastal France harbour trade port ship ships British geography war location Victorian century Britain newspapers press concept Navy B&W manche warfare engraved engraving sailing ship sailing ships naval warfare 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Basse-Normandie nineteenth century The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News naval review TGN ILN Cherbourg newspaper landscape Unknown 19th-century