Picture No | 10944076 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | WW1 - Lifebelted passengers - Torpedoing of RMS 'Falaba' |
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WW1 - Aboard the RMS 'Falaba' on 28th March 1915, the photographer captures a moment showing passengers putting on their life-belts. In the brief interval between the order for all on boards to quit the ship, the premature firing of the fatal torpedo from the German U-boat U-28 hits.
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Source | Unattributed photograph, in the Illustrated War News, 7th April 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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