Picture No | 10220211 |
Date | 1945 |
Description | British naval losses in both World Wars by G. H. Davis |
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The cost of keeping open the seas during World War Two: British naval losses totalling 776 warships. In this list are included 5 capital ships, 8 aircraft carriers, 29 cruisers, 138 destroyers, 77 submarines, 30 corvettes and 242 trawlers. The inset shows British war losses during World War One as a comparison.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 23 June 1945, pages 670-1 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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