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Gunboat Diplomacy Collection

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Creator: Smyth

The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Creator: Smyth
The War in Japan: the Red Battery opening fire on the corvettes, Sept. 6, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Creator: Edwin Weedon

The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Creator: Edwin Weedon
The War in Japan: action of Sept. 5, in the Strait of Simonosaki, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. C. Wirgman, '...our Special Artist

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits, 1864

HMS Steam-Powered Battleship Medusa Opening the Shimonoseki Straits, 1864. Other Title(s): HMS Medusa Forcing the Passage through Shimonoseki Strait between Kyushu and Honshu, September 1864

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: Rear-Admiral Alfred Taylor Dale, Commander in Chief of the Flying Squadron, 1896. Artist: A Debenham

Rear-Admiral Alfred Taylor Dale, Commander in Chief of the Flying Squadron, 1896. Artist: A Debenham
Rear-Admiral Alfred Taylor Dale, Commander in Chief of the Flying Squadron, 1896. In 1896 Dale (1840-1925) commanded the Particular Service Squadron

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: Commander Wilmot, of HMS Euryalus, 1863

Commander Wilmot, of HMS Euryalus, 1863. Wilmot was second-in-command of the Euryalus, flagship of the British squadron at the bombardment of the Japanese port of Kagoshima in August 1863

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: Captain Josling, of HMS Euryalus, 1863

Captain Josling, of HMS Euryalus, 1863. Josling commanded the Euryalus, flagship of the British squadron at the bombardment of the Japanese port of Kagoshima in August 1863

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: The bombarment by the Royal Navy of the harbour of Kagoshima, Japan, 1863

The bombarment by the Royal Navy of the harbour of Kagoshima, Japan, 1863. The British subjected the city of Kagoshima to a naval bombardment in August 1863 after the government of the province of

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: French fleet at Mytilene (Lesbos), 1901

French fleet at Mytilene (Lesbos), 1901. The French occupied Mytilene during a dispute with Turkey. Illustration published in, Le Petit Journal, 24th November 1901

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: Ships of Commodore Perrys American expedition to Japan of 1852-1854

Ships of Commodore Perrys American expedition to Japan of 1852-1854. American naval officer Matthew Perry (1794-1858) was ordered by President Millard Fillmore to command an expedition to Japan to

Background imageGunboat Diplomacy Collection: To the Rescue, war in the Sudan, 1885

To the Rescue, war in the Sudan, 1885. British gunboats engaging the enemy on the way up the Nile to relieve General Gordon, besieged by the Mahdi at Khartoum


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