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So I have had a brainbug involving a Franco-Turkish naval war in the early 1880s, which has made me rather curious about what a naval war in this period would look like. Naval technology was advancing rather rapidly and both the French and the Turks in this period were lavishing plenty of attention on their navies. But for all I can read about the ships and the guns of the time, I have yet to get a clear picture of how a naval battle would actually look, how bloody they would be, how battles would take in this period, etc, etc.

So does anyone know any good sources for this? Were there any battles or wars with the technology current in the period that serve as good models for how this might go down?

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