Picture No | 12652220 |
Date | September 1939 |
Description | Explosion of a hatch on the Athenia, September 1939 |
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Illustration of the explosion as a torpedo from a German submarine hit the port side No. 5 hatch of the Athenia, a British transatlantic passenger liner. The Sphere describes how five people were killed in the blast.
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Source | Illustrated by D. Macpherson in 'The Sphere', 16 September 1939, page 416 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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