Picture No | 10944113 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | WW1 - HMS E13 British submarine - Aground and attacked |
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WW1 - HMS E13 was a British E class submarine. Due to a compass failure, it ran aground on the Danish Island of Saltholm in the Oresund. It was then attacked by German torpedo boats on 19th August 1915 off Copenhagen, Denmark. Some men are seen here to be overboard and drowning, as others look on from the E13.
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Source | Illustration by E. S. Hodgson, in the Graphic, 28th August 1915 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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