HMS Royal Oak, WW2
HMS Royal Oak, British Revenge-class battleship completed in 1916, seen here at the beginning of the Second World War -- a commemorative plaque listing the battles fought in by this and two previous ships of the same name. On 14 October 1939 the ship was torpedoed by a German U-boat at Scapa Flow, resulting in 833 deaths. The wreck is now a designated war grave, and an annual ceremony is held to mark the loss
Picture No
11045556
Media ID
46722411
Size
2099px x 1499px
(1.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON
Source
Photograph in the David Lewis Hodgson Collection
Date
circa 1939
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