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![[Bacon's ship embarking on a voyage, flanked by mythical pillars of Hercules in Strait of Gibraltar] / Sim. Pafs, Sculpr.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE2MjAvMDEvMDEvYmFjb25zLXNoaXAtZW1iYXJraW5nLW9uLWEtdm95YWdlLWZsYW5rZWQtYnktbXl0aGljYWwtcGlsbGFycy1vZi1oZXJjdWxlcy1pbi02NDAuanBn/320/559/jpg "[Bacon's ship embarking on a voyage, flanked by mythical pillars of Hercules in Strait of Gibraltar] / Sim. Pafs, Sculpr.")
![[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNyZXctaGFuZ2luZy10aGUtc2hpcHMtbGlmZWJvYXRzLW9uLXRoZS1pbXBlcmlhbC1pcm9uY2xhZC1mcmlnYXRlLWhhbWlkaXllLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.")
![[Submarine passing the bow of a ship]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvc3VibWFyaW5lLXBhc3NpbmctdGhlLWJvdy1vZi1hLXNoaXAtMDI4MDg5LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/47/webp "[Submarine passing the bow of a ship]")
![[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNyZXctaGFuZ2luZy10aGUtc2hpcHMtbGlmZWJvYXRzLW9uLXRoZS1pbXBlcmlhbC1pcm9uY2xhZC1mcmlnYXRlLWhhbWlkaXllLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[The crew hanging the ship's lifeboats on the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Hamidiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.")
![[Sailors on ship deck salute at ship passing by]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjUvc2FpbG9ycy1vbi1zaGlwLWRlY2stc2FsdXRlLWF0LXNoaXAtcGFzc2luZy1ieS04NjgyNGYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/25/webp "[Sailors on ship deck salute at ship passing by]")
![[The cannon hold in the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvdGhlLWNhbm5vbi1ob2xkLWluLXRoZS1pbXBlcmlhbC1pcm9uY2xhZC1mcmlnYXRlLW1lc3VkaXllLWNvbnN0YW50aW5vcGxlLWFiZHVsbGFoLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "[The cannon hold in the Imperial Ironclad Frigate Mes'udiye] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères.")
