Picture No | 10222024 |
Date | 1937 |
Description | Gun drill on board a Basque Armed Trawler; Spanish Civil War |
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Gun crew of a Basque armed trawler manning their 75mm weapon, near Bilbao, 1937. The trawler, called the 'Donostia', was converted to military purposes at Bilbao and armed from the arsenal at Euzkalduna. The Basques fought for the Government, during the Spanish Civil War, against General Franco's Nationalist forces.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 1 May 1937, page 749 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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