Title

HMS Hyacinth with SS Comrie Castle, WW1

Caption

View of a warship in the ocean with other ships including a passenger liner further towards the horizon. The Comrie Castle ran aground on 17 February 1916 but was successfully refloated. A month later Hyacinth sank the German SS Tabora in Dar es Salaam. Original manuscript caption: HMS Hyacinth in foreground. SS "Comrie Castle" on reef outside Mombasa. Feb 1916.

Date

1916

Credit line

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Rand collection

Reference

UMG24A01_057

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (2,1Mb) / 17,0in x 12,3in / 5100 x 3687 (300dpi)

Keywords

view warship ocean other ships including passenger liner further towards horizon the comrie castle ran aground 17 february 1916 but successfully refloated a month later hyacinth sank german ss tabora dar es salaam original manuscript caption hms hyacinth foreground ss "comrie castle" reef outside mombasa feb 1916 kenya historical content history