Last moments of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The last moments of HMS Courageous after being torpedoed by a German U-boat: the crew abandoning ship in the failing evening light. The 22, 500-ton aircraft carrier listing to port and settling down by the bows. The crew lowering the lifeboats and throwing rafts and wooden objects into the water
Picture No
10652292
Media ID
46101441
Size
6521px x 4458px
(4.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by George Horace Davis in The Illustrated London News', 30 September 1939, pp520-1
Date
1939
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