Sujet

HMS Hyacinth with SS Comrie Castle, WW1

Légende

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

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/Bristol Archives/Rand collection

Notre référence

UMG24A01_057

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,8Mo (2,1Mo) / 43,2cm x 31,2cm / 5100 x 3687 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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es salaam original manuscript caption hms hyacinth foreground ss "comrie castle" reef outside mombasa feb 1916 kenya historical content history