Picture No | 10944108 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | WW1 - Sinking 'Svionia' the merchantman - Baltics Sea, 1915 |
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WW1 - The first German merchant ship victim 'Svionia', was sunk by the gunfire off Sassnitz in the western Baltic. The men from two smaller boats and a submarine, watch the marchantman as it bursts into black smoke and flames.
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Source | Unattributed illustration, in the Illustrated War News, 20th October 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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