British torpedo boat destroyer launching, Southampton
A British torpedo boat destroyer launching at Southampton a few months before the start of the First World War. It is probably HMS Lance, a Laforey-class destroyer, who fired the first British shot of the war on 5 August 1914 when she intercepted the German Konigin Luise
Picture No
10533178
Media ID
48044934
Size
5372px x 4050px
(2.0MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
25 February 1914
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