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Gemälde von Gustav Kappler
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English: In the naval battle near Lissa in the Adriatic Sea in 1866, won by the Austrian War Fleet, the Austrian ship "Erzherzog Ferdinand Max" rammed the Italian flagship "Re d'Italia", which sank immediately. A painting by Gustav Kappler shows this historic moment. Reproduction in the "Österreichs Hort" ("Austria's Stronghold") jubilee publication of 1908 on the occasion of Emperor Franz Josef I. reigning 60 years.


Also published in: Herbert Wrigley Wilson (1896). Ironclads in Action: A Sketch of Naval Warfare from 1855 to 1895. London: S. Low, Marston and company.

This picture was also reprinted in the The Graphic, London. January 4, 1896, with the caption: The sinking of the ship Re D'Italia in Lissa, July 20, 1866. From Ironclads in action by H. W. Wilson reference
Deutsch: In der für Österreich siegreichen Seeschlacht bei Lissa 1866 führte das Schiff "Erzherzog Ferdinand Max" die Entscheidung herbei, indem es das italienische Flaggschiff "Re d'Italia" rammte und zum Sinken brachte. Die historische Szene wurde in der Festschrift "Österreichs Hort" zum 60-Jahre-Regierungsjubiläum von Kaiser Franz Josef I. nach dem Gemälde von Gustav Kappler reproduziert.
Date before 1896
date QS:P571,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source/Photographer Österreichs Hort. Geschichts- und Kulturbilder aus den Habsburgischen Erbländern. Eine Festgabe an das österreichische Volk zur Jubelfeier des Kaisers Franz Josef I. 1908. Herausgegeben von einem Kreise vaterländischer Schriftsteller; Patriotische Volksbuchhandlung, Wien 1908, Band 2, S. 449

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