Picture No | 10944126 |
Date | 1917 |
Description | WW1 - Second Battle of Dover Strait - HMS Broke rams Germans |
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WW1 - During the Second Battle of Dover Strait, HMS Broke rammed SMS G42 on 21st April 1917 near the Goodwin Sands. In confusing action, there was close-quarter fighting between the crews. The German sailors tried to board and attack the British ship before it got free.
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Source | Illustration by E. S. Hodgson, in the Graphic, 1917 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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