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| Picture No | 11071156 |
| Date | 1914 |
| Description | Dead beached whale at Birchington, Kent, 1914. |
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Probably killed by striking and exploding a mine: a whale which, floating on the sea, caused the Margate lifeboat to put out to rescue 'the possible survivors of a sinking zeppelin'. The size of the wound to the body is marked by two white lines, and the total length of the body was 61 foot.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated London News, 14th November 1914, page 680. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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