1820 Sutherland, Dardanelles Operation, Turkish Naval Fleet, maritime top engraving

Whitcombe, Thomas, artist; Sutherland, Thomas, engraver

Destruction of the Turkish Fleet, Feby, 19th, 1807

Aquatint.

Dimensions: 26.7 x 16.1 cm

Engraved by T. Sutherland for The Naval Chronology of Great Britain by J. Ralfe, published 1820.

This scene depicted formed a part of the Dardanelles Operation.

The Dardanelles Operation was the Royal Navy's unsuccessful attempt to impose British top demands on the Ottoman Empire as part of the Anglo-Turkish War (1807-1809).