Turret_explosion_aboard_Sissoi_Veliky_15_March_1897.JPG

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Charles Edwin Fripp : The International Fleet at Canea: The disaster of the Russian Ironclad ( Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL) Create new Wikidata item based on this file )
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Charles Edwin Fripp (1854–1906) wikidata:Q614466
Charles Edwin Fripp
Alternative names
Charles Edward Fripp
Description English painter, drawer and illustrator
Date of birth/death 4 September 1854 / 1854 Edit this at Wikidata 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London Montreal
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artist QS:P170,Q614466
drawn by F. C. Dickinson, from a sketch by a naval officer who witnessed the explosion
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The Graphic
Title
The International Fleet at Canea: The disaster of the Russian Ironclad
Description
English: The Crisis in Crete. Illustration for The Graphic, 27 March 1897.


Illustration of an accidental turret explosion aboard the Imperial Russian Navy battleship Sissoi Veliky during target practice off w:Crete on 15 March 1897 while she was operating as part of the International Squadron . The explosion – which occurred in the after 12-inch (305-mm) turret after the turret crew disabled a safety mechanism, allowing one of the guns to fire before its breech was properly closed – killed 22 men instantly and injured 15, six of whom later died of their injuries.
Date 27 March 1897
date QS:P571,+1897-03-27T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer w:The Graphic via The British in Crete, 1896 to 1913: On Russian seamanship
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