HMS Superb sails silently off the Spanish fleet at Algeciras Bay, while the Hermenegildo and Real Carlos explode in the background after mistakenly firing on one other. Drawing by Antoine Léon Morel-Fatio.Illustration from La Marine, by Pacini.
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La marine: arsenaux, navires, équipages, navigation, atterages, combats, Eugène Pacini, L. Curmer, 1844 - 240 pages [1]
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