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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

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Image size: 5850 × 3678 px | 61.6 MB

Print size: 49.5 × 31.1 cm | 2303.1 × 1448.0 in (300 dpi)

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