Saturday, December 17, 2016

Souvenir Saturday: HMS Southampton at Port Natal June 1842




Engraving by Thomas Bowler
HMS Southampton at anchor near the Bluff, Durban, and firing on
the rebellious Dutch who held the British under siege
at the Port.

For more on this incident see
web.archive.org/web/20070505065951/http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/conch.htm

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