Bombardment of Algiers (1816)
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The Bombardment of Algiers was an attempt on 27 August 1816 by Britain and the Netherlands to end the slavery practices of Omar Agha, the Dey of Algiers. An Anglo-Dutch fleet under the command of Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth bombarded ships and the harbour defences of Algiers.
Bombardment of Algiers, 1816, George Chambers
Edward Pellew, Lord Exmouth
Council of war on board the Queen Charlotte, 1818, Nicolaas Bauer
Panorama of the Battle of Algiers 1816, illustration from panoramic views exhibited in Leicester Square, London, 1818
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
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Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother Israel Pellew also pursued a naval career.
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, portrait by James Northcote, 1804
Sir Edward Pellew by Sir Thomas Lawrence, 1797
Engraving of Edward Pellew, Lord Exmouth
Painting of the Bombardment of Algiers by George Chambers Sr.