Title
One of the more controversial events during the Great War was the sinking of the Canadian Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle by a German submarine.
Caption
Magic lantern slide circa 1900. Victorian. One of the more controversial events during the Great War was the sinking of the Canadian Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle by a German submarine, U-86, on 27 June, 1918. The ship was returning to England after having brought Canadian casualties back to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Being a Hospital Ship, it was clearly identified as such with a brightly illuminated Red Cross, was unarmed and running with full lights. On board, the crew consisted of one hundred and sixty-four men, eighty officers and men of the Canadian Medical Corps, and fourteen nurses, a total of two hundred and fifty-eight persons.
Date
1900
Credit line
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Reference
UMG23A59_232
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
49,2Mb (1,0Mb) / 17,0in x 11,2in / 5100 x 3369 (300dpi)