2642 x 2752 px | 22,4 x 23,3 cm | 8,8 x 9,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
12 gennaio 2020
Ubicazione:
London, Britain
Altre informazioni:
Rear admiral Sir James Hanway Plumridge (1787 – 1863) was a British naval officer. In 1854 a British fleet was on the Baltic Sea. Flying his flag in the frigate Leopard, Plumridge operated in the Gulf of Bothnia during the Åland War, a part of Crimean War, bombarding a number of Finnish settlements to destroy fortifications, telegraph apparatus, and capture enemy shipping. He was afterwards sharply criticized for firing on civilian settlements. Furthermore, the destroyed Finnish commodities were for the greater part actually bought by British customers and often paid in advance, Plumridge effectively pillaging on his own nations's goods. On 21 June his force bombarded the fortress of Bomarsund on the Åland Islands, expending most of their ammunition for little result. In common with the other commanders of the 1854 Baltic campaign Plumridge's command was not renewed in 1855, but he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 5 July 1855. An engraving from 1850's. Private Collection.
