HMS Gorgon (1837)
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HMS Gorgon was a wooden steam paddle sloop of 6 guns, launched in 1837. In 1840 she took part in the bombardment of Acre, and in 1843 was part of the Royal Navy squadron stationed in the River Plate d
HMS Gorgon by Sir Oswald Walters Brierly.
The Niagara, Valorous, Gorgon (misspelt Gordon) and Agamemnon laying the Transatlantic telegraph cable at mid-ocean in 1858
Astley Cooper Key
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Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado in November 1845 during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
HMS Gorgon (1837)
…Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. Cooper Key, Sir Astley (1847), A Narrative of the Recovery of the HMS Gorgon, London: Smith, Elder & Co., ISBN 1-84150-801-2 {{citation}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help…
Sir Astley Cooper Key
As a junior officer Astley Key was present at the Bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855
The Royal Naval College, Greenwich of which Key was president