QueenElizabeth

Straits

“Mount Ida and Plains of Troy” by William Wyl­lie, with HMS Queen Eliz­a­beth bom­bard­ing of Turk­ish forts, March 1915, cov­ered inshore by HMS Cano­pus. Wyllie’s title relates the near­by site of Home­r­ic Troy, exca­vat­ed a few years ear­li­er. (Roy­al Muse­ums, Green­wich, pub­lic domain)

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