At Sea. Turkey. 26 April 1915. A view of some of the warships and other vessels off Ari Burnu, ...

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Accession Number G00919
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made 26 April 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

At Sea. Turkey. 26 April 1915. A view of some of the warships and other vessels off Ari Burnu, Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Peninsula. The Queen Elizabeth and seven other warships took the place of artillery and greatly encouraged the landing parties at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. In the afternoon a Turkish attack on Baby 700 was shattered by a few well directed heavy shells from the battleships.