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| Picture No | 12652222 |
| Date | September 1939 |
| Description | H.M. destroyer rescues passengers of the Athenia, Sept 1939 |
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Sailors on a British destroyer are shown holding onto former passengers of the Athenia in a lifeboat, 1939. The Sphere comments on the swell which made the rescue operation more difficult. In the background, sailors can be seen helping another lifeboat and the steam yacht Southern Cross, another rescue boat, is in the distance.
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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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