English: The Disaster on Board HMS Thunderer, off Ismid, Sea of Marmora. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 25 January 1879.
Sketch of the gun explosion on the HMS Thunderer which occurred on 2 January 1879 and appeared in the Illustrated London News on 25 January 1879. The explosion of the muzzle-loading gun prompted a shift to breech-loading guns.
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