Battle of Gallipoli - 91 Years Ago

A new attack was launched on March 18, targeted at the narrowest point of the Dardanelles where the straits were just a mile wide. A massive fleet under the command of Admiral de Robeck containing no less than 16 battleships was initially successful, eliminating many Turkish artillery batteries. However, an undetected minefield, laid along the Asian shore by the Turkish minelayer Nusret, sunk or damaged a number of ships as they turned about. Three battleships were sunk (the British Ocean and Irresistible and the French Bouvet) while battlecruiser HMS Inflexible and the French battleships Suffren and Gaulois were badly damaged.