RMSP Alcantara, armed merchant cruiser, WW1
RMSP (Royal Mail Steam Packet) Alcantara, a merchant cruiser which was turned into an armed ship during the First World War. In 1916 an encounter with the German raider Greif led to both vessels being sunk
Picture No
10530068
Media ID
48016820
Size
5381px x 3354px
(1.7MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
1914-1916
