Picture No | 10215303 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | The 'Moltke' German battle cruisers |
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The 'Moltke', one of the most modern and powerful battle-cruisers in the German navy, sunk by a British submarine in the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. The 'Moltke' was notoriously known as a member of the 'baby-killer' squadron which shelled Scarborough on Britain's east coast in December 1914.
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Source | The Illustrated London News, 28 August 1915, page 275 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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