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JOHN LEA. 'The boat was tilted to a perilous angle'. Picture of a lifeboat containing passengers of the R.M.S. Hesperian, which was torpedoed on the 4th September 1915 off Fastnet by the German submarine U.20, the same U-boat that sank the Lusitania. On 6th September she sank 130 miles west of Queenstown (Cobh) after unsuccessful attempts to tow her to port. Thirty-two people were lost. Brave Boys and Girls in Wartime. True stories. London : Blackie & Son, [1918]. First World War. Source: 12802.dd.8 page 50.
![JOHN LEA. 'The boat was tilted to a perilous angle'. Picture of a lifeboat containing passengers of the R.M.S. Hesperian, which was torpedoed on the 4th September 1915 off Fastnet by the German submarine U.20, the same U-boat that sank the Lusitania. On 6th September she sank 130 miles west of Queenstown (Cobh) after unsuccessful attempts to tow her to port. Thirty-two people were lost. Brave Boys and Girls in Wartime. True stories. London : Blackie & Son, [1918]. First World War. Source: 12802.dd.8 page 50.](/photos/prev/ODQ2MmI5MA/album_alb4063515.webp)
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'The boat was tilted to a perilous angle'. Picture of a lifeboat containing passengers of the R.M.S. Hesperian, which was torpedoed on the 4th September 1915 off Fastnet by the German submarine U.20, the same U-boat that sank the Lusitania. On 6th September she sank 130 miles west of Queenstown (Cobh) after unsuccessful attempts to tow her to port. Thirty-two people were lost. Brave Boys and Girls in Wartime. True stories. London : Blackie & Son, [1918]. First World War. Source: 12802.dd.8 page 50.
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4765 x 6692 px | 91.2 MB
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40.3 x 56.7 cm | 15.9 x 22.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1ST WORLD WAR • ACCIDENT • ACCIDENTS • ARMED CONFLICT • ARMED CONFLICTS • BOAT • CARGO • COACH • COLOR • COLORS • COLOUR • COLOURS • COMBAT • EVENT • EVENTS • FIRST WORLD WAR • GREAT WAR • HUMANS • HUNDRED YEARS WAR • LEA, JOHN • LIFE BOAT • LIFEBOAT • MARITIME TRANSPORT • MILITARY EVENT • MILITARY EVENTS • PASSENGER • PASSENGERS • PEOPLE • PERFORMANCE • RESCUE BOAT • ROLE • SHIP • SHIPS • SINKING • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • TRANSPORTS • VEHICLE • VEHICLES • VESSEL • WAR • WARFARE • WATER VEHICLE • WATERCRAFT • WORLD WAR I (1914-18) • WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR ONE • WORLD WAR • WW1 • WWI
