The bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre
The bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre


Royal NavyCampaigns1840 Syrian campaign 

Plan of St. Jean d'Acre
BOMBARDMENT OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE, NOVEMBER 3rd, 1840.
(From the chart by Mr. J.C. Brettell, sometime Engineer-in-Chief to Mehemet Ali.)

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Ships
1.Princess Charlotte9.Pique16.Stromboli
2.Powerful10.Caryfort17.Vesuvius
3.Thunderer11.Talbot18.Medea (Aust.)
4.Bellerophon12.Hazard19.Guerriera (Aust.)
5.Revenge13.Wasp20.Lipsia (Aust).
6.Benbow14.Gorgon21.Turkish 84 (flag)
7.Edinburgh15.Phoenix22.Turkish cutter
8.Castor    
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a.Haremh.Bazarq.Unfinished work
b.Castleiii.StoresrrObservation towers
c.Abdallah Pasha's haremk.Mosquess.Mortar batteries
d.Governor's divanl.Fortified khantt.Traverses
e.Hospitalm.45 brass field-piecesww.Outer ditch
f.Accountant-general's divann.47 brass field-piecesxx.Glacis
g.Mosqueo.Half-moon batteryyy.Soundings
  p.High battery  


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