Image: Crimean War; a blazing battle in and around the harbour at S Wellcome V0015789

Description: Crimean War: a blazing battle in and around the harbour at Sevastopol, details of the French and English ships are given. Wood engraving, 1855. Sebastopol, First Day's Attack by the Allied Fleet and Armies of France and England. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 14 April 1855. Ships L-R: Sanspareil; Tribune; Queen; Vesuvius; Agamemnon, (Admiral Lyons); Circassia (Tug); Vengeance; Highflyer; Bellerophon; Cyclops; Rodney; Spitfire (sic) HMS Spiteful (1842); Trafalgar; Retribution; Vladimir; Britannia, Admiral Dundas; Furious; Henri 4; Canada; Napoleon, (Rear Admiral); Mahmoudie, (Turkish Admiral); Valmy; Descartes; Ville de Paris; Primauget; Jupiter; C Colombo; Bayard; Orenoque; Friedland; Vauban; Tishrefech; Tarif; Montebello, (Rear Admiral); Marengo; Labrador; Alger; Magellan. There is a trancrioton error: HMS Spitfire (sic) is actually HMS Spiteful (1842). Iconographic Collections
Title: Sebastopol, First Day's Attack by the Allied Fleet and Armies of France and England
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