H.M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939
Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult. In the background, sailors can be seen helping another lifeboat and the steam yacht Southern Cross, another rescue boat, is in the distance
Picture No
12652222
Media ID
46133662
Size
5283px x 3972px
(3.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustrated by D. Macpherson in The Sphere', 16 September 1939, page 416
Date
September 1939
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