Sinking of the Simon Bolivar by G. H. Davis
The sinking of the Dutch liner, Simon Bolivar, by a German mine: survivors floating in a sea of fuel oil. A flagrant violation of international law by a mine-laying U-boat, involving the loss of 83 lives. The dramatic scene as the ship went down by the stern, her wireless silent, her bridge destroyed, her captain dead and the survivors struggling in a sea of oil from the damaged fuel bunkers, while vessels of the Royal Navy raced to their aid
Picture No
10652336
Media ID
46101555
Size
6501px x 4552px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by George Horace Davis in The Illustrated London News', 25 November 1939, pp784-5
Date
18 November 1939
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