Oct 14, 2021
A Sailor's Woolwork or Woolie of a Royal Navy Squadron at Bocca Tigris, 12 November 1856. Showing the Battle of the Bogue with following Ships, HMS Encounter, HMS Nankin, HMS Barracouta, HMS Hornet, HMS Calcutta and HMS Coromandel
The Battle of the Bogue was fought between British and Chinese forces at the Humen strait (Bogue), Guangdong province, China, on 12–13 November 1856 during the Second Opium War. The British captured the forts in the Wangtong Islands on 12 November and the forts in Anunghoy Island the next day.
A wollie that shows an event is very rare. Normally, Sailors made woolen pictures of the ships they had served on.