The International Naval Festival at Portsmouth: the British Admiral's flagship returning the salute of the French fleet, 1865. Illustration giving '...some idea of the noble and majestic appearance of the British flagship, the Edgar, when she manned yards and hoisted the French flag at the fore, in token of bidding welcome to the combined squadrons of Vice-Admiral Count Boüet-Willaumez and Rear-Admiral Roncière de Noury, accompanied by the Imperial yacht La Reine Hortense, with the Minister of the Marine on board...The Solferino, one of the great French ironclads, the Vice-Admiral's flagship, is seen to the left'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.
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