At Sea, Turkey. May 1915. HMS Albion went ashore off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula. While in ...

Accession Number G00992
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half-plate negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made May 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

At Sea, Turkey. May 1915. HMS Albion went ashore off Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli Peninsula. While in that plight, the Turkish batteries opened fire on her and she replied with every gun. She was eventually gotten off by the Canopus which towed her for three hours to a place of safety.

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