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The Fight between a Merchantman and a Turkish Pirate

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The Fight between a Merchantman and a Turkish Pirate.jpg Fifteenth-century ShipThumbnailsA War-galley in the Days of King AlfredFifteenth-century ShipThumbnailsA War-galley in the Days of King AlfredFifteenth-century ShipThumbnailsA War-galley in the Days of King AlfredFifteenth-century ShipThumbnailsA War-galley in the Days of King AlfredFifteenth-century ShipThumbnailsA War-galley in the Days of King AlfredFifteenth-century ShipThumbnailsA War-galley in the Days of King Alfred

Drawn by C. M. Padday
"His sails, masts, and shrouds were all in a blaze. Then we cut loose, and his mast went by the board."