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'H. M. S. "Amphion"', (1919). Creator: Unknown.

'H.M.S. "Amphion"', (1919). The battlecruiser 'HMS Amphion' was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the First World War. On 6 August 1914 she struck a German mine off the Thames Estuary, and sank with the loss of 132 crew. 'The ill-fated cruiser sunk in the North Sea through striking a mine. Over 130 of the crew and a number of German prisoners of war went to the bottom with her.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. II, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919].
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Title:
'H. M. S. "Amphion"', (1919). Creator: Unknown.
Caption:
'H.M.S. "Amphion"', (1919). The battlecruiser 'HMS Amphion' was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the First World War. On 6 August 1914 she struck a German mine off the Thames Estuary, and sank with the loss of 132 crew. 'The ill-fated cruiser sunk in the North Sea through striking a mine. Over 130 of the crew and a number of German prisoners of war went to the bottom with her.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. II, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]
Technique/material:
Photograph
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Image size:
5850 x 3678 px | 61.6 MB
Print size:
49.5 x 31.1 cm | 19.5 x 12.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
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