Sujet

Russo-Turkish War:...British squadron in the Dardanelles Strait, February 13, 1878, (1878). Creator: Enrique Alba.

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Russo-Turkish War: Eastern Question - entry of the British squadron into the Dardanelles Strait, February 13, 1878, (1878). From left to right: Swiftsure, Hotspur, Agincourt, Ruby, Rupert, Temeraire and Sultan. The British government, on hearing that the Russian army corps, commanded by Generals Skobelev and Gurko, were nearing Constantinople and Gallipoli respectively, ordered Vice Admiral Hornby, commander of the British Mediterranean squadron, anchored in the Bay of Besika, to move through the Dardanelles Strait with his ships. From "La Ilustración Española y Americana", 1878.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/PRISMA ARCHIVO FOTOGRÁFICO, S.L.

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HRM25A40_484

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47,0Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,5cm x 27,7cm / 5020 x 3269 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation sea arts country art ship ships Turkey magazine British geography Turkish war location century empire Russia Russian Britain print concept Navy B&W warfare fleet sailing ship sailing ships publication naval warfare 19th century water transport warship black & white black and white B W warships nineteenth century Royal Navy Dardanelles geographical feature Ottoman Empire Russo-Turkish War TGN engraving naval ship 19th-century Prisma Archivo Fotografico La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana La Ilustración Española y Americana The Spanish and American Enlightenment Enrique Alba Alba Enrique