HMHS Gloucester Castle sinking, WW1
HMHS Gloucester Castle, a Union Castle steamship used as a hospital ship during the First World War. Seen here sinking after being hit by a German torpedo off the Isle of Wight. She was salvaged and returned to civilian service after the war, but eventually sunk (as a passenger liner) in the South Atlantic in 1942
Picture No
10530088
Media ID
48017152
Size
4920px x 3643px
(1.8MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
31 March 1917
