Title

'The Torpedoing of the Channel Steamer Sussex', First World War, March 1916, (c1920). Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The Torpedoing of the Channel Steamer Sussex', First World War, March 1916, (c1920). '...view of the vessel beached at Boulogne, showing how the bows were blown clean off by the explosion'. On 24 March 1916, the passenger ferry SS 'Sussex' was torpedoed by a German U-boat in the Channel between Folkestone and Dieppe. The ship was severely damaged and many passengers were drowned - some sources say at least 50 were killed, with the figure 80-100 also suggested. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume V, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]

Date

1916

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F27_344

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62,2Mb (3,4Mb) / 18,3in x 13,2in / 5477 x 3972 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea destruction France trade book port ship ships geography damage damaged ferry war century Sussex first world war concept channel English Channel World War I WWI water transport B W ferry boat World War One 1910s 20th century Nord-Pas-de-Calais The Print Collector 1st World War Boulogne-sur-Mer geographical feature passenger ship TGN WW1 photograph Unknown torpedoed Keystone Archives The Great World War: A History Frank Arthur Mumby Mumby Frank Arthur Gresham Publishing Company Gresham Publishing Co Ltd Frank A Mumby Frank A. Mumby Frank A. Frank A SS Sussex photograph