Sujet
One of the more controversial events during the Great War was the sinking of the Canadian Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle by a German submarine.
Légende
Magic lantern slide circa 1900. Victorian. One of the more controversial events during the Great War was the sinking of the Canadian Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle by a German submarine, U-86, on 27 June, 1918. The ship was returning to England after having brought Canadian casualties back to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Being a Hospital Ship, it was clearly identified as such with a brightly illuminated Red Cross, was unarmed and running with full lights. On board, the crew consisted of one hundred and sixty-four men, eighty officers and men of the Canadian Medical Corps, and fourteen nurses, a total of two hundred and fifty-eight persons.
Date
1900
Crédit
Photo12/UIG/Universal History Archive
Notre référence
UMG23A59_232
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,2Mo (1,0Mo) / 43,2cm x 28,5cm / 5100 x 3369 (300dpi)