Picture No | 10215999 |
Date | 1893 |
Description | Sailors jumping for their lives from the capsizing H.M.S Vic |
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Sailors jumping for their lives from the capsizing H.M.S Victoria. The disaster occurred when an admiral sent H.M.S Camperdown on a collision course with H.M.S Victoria. 436 men died because of the blunder and the navy received much criticism for the tragedy.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 22nd July 1893, By W. H Overend |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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