Reg Bendell, HMS Royal Oak, WW2
HMS Royal Oak, British Revenge-class battleship completed in 1916. 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. Seen here is a cartoon of one of the few survivors, Reg Bendell, who was blown from the depth of the upturned vessel by an air bubble
Picture No
11045557
Media ID
46722415
Size
1499px x 2102px
(1.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/DAVID LEWIS HODGSON
Source
Photograph of a cartoon in the David Lewis Hodgson Collection
Date
circa 1939
