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Sea Adventure: The fireships in Calais Roads
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Caption | The fireships in Calais Roads. Like the older torpedo boats and to a lesser degree the bomb-dropping aeroplane, the fireship's principal value was the confusion she caused, for she could only drift down with wind and tide when she had been set on fire and abandoned by her crew. In 1588, the Spanish Armada had anchored in Calais Roads and a few of their boats, manned by cool crews, could have grappled the English fireships and made them drift harmlessly past, but panic caused hopeless confusion, ships were seriously damaged in collision, and anchors (which would have prevented many wrecks later) were cut away. Illustration for one of a set of 50 cigarette cards on the subject of Sea Adventure, issued by Hignett Brothers in 1939. |
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Creator | English School (20th century) |
Artwork medium | colour lithograph |
Credit | Look and Learn |
Search stock images by keyword | sea adventure adventures famous fireships Calais Roads older torpedo boats lesser degree bomb-dropping aeroplane fireship principal value confusion caused drift down wind tide fire abandoned crew 1588 Spanish Armada anchored manned cool crews grappled British English drift harmlessly past panic hopeless ships seriously damaged collision anchors prevented wrecks cut away |
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M708143 | Hi-res: 5,566 x 2,874 pixels Lo-res: 1,392 x 719 pixels |
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