Title
Steam ship 'Deutschland'
Caption
Steam ship 'Deutschland' which was wrecked on the sandbank off the Thames Estuary known as the Kentish Knock during a storm on the night of 6th to 7th December 1875. Among those on board who were lost were five Franciscan nuns, refugees from Germany's anti-Catholic Falk Laws. The English Jesuit poet Gerard commemorated the event in his poem "The Wreck of the Deutschland" (1876). Transport. Shipping. Shipwreck. Religion. Chirstian. Roman Catholic. Religious persecution. Literature. English. Poetry.
Date
1875
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP07112_009844P
License type
Rights managed
Available size
23,7Mb (3,0Mb) / 11,8in x 7,8in / 3543 x 2334 (300dpi)