British frigate HMS Shah sent to the Besika bay according to the Dutch newspaper Leeuwarder courant dated 22 October 1876

An item dated London, England the 21st reported the British frigate HMS Shah (1) was ordered to join immediately the British squadron in the Besika bay.(2)

Notes

1. Unprotected steam frigate laid down by Portsmouth Dockyard on 7 March 1870, launched on 01 September 1873, completed in December 1875, commissioned on 14 August 1876, decommissioned in December 1904, converted into the coal storage hulk C.470, sold on 19 September 1919 and lost in Bermuda in 1926.

2. Probably as a result of the protests by the Balkan Slavs (Christians) in Bosnia, Serbia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria against the Ottoman empire. A year declared the Russian empire war on the Ottoman empire. The Besik Bay is a small bay at the mouth of the Hellespont, Asiatic Turkey.