Loss of USS Somers, 8 December 1846 - Lithograph by A. Mayer, Paris, depicting a whaleboat crew from the French Navy brig le Mercure rescuing survivors of the capsized Somers, off Vera Cruz, Mexico. Somers is visible in the right background, on her beam ends.

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Size: 3780px × 2478px
Photo credit: © Niday Picture Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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