Torpedoed Collection (page 2)

Sketch cover, Captain Loxleys faithful dog, WW1
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring a portrait of Bruce, the faithful Irish terrier belonging to Captain Noel Loxley of H.M.S Formidable

Gieve life saving waistcoat for torpedoed shipwreck victims
Advertisement for the Gieve life-saving waistcoat from Gieves Ltd, The Royal Naval Outfitters, intended for use by victims of torpedoed ships during the First World War

A life bag - life saving device, WW1
An ingenious invention by a young Norwegian, Mr John L. Edmund to enable passengers on board ships wrecked or torpedoed to keep afloat until the arrival of help

Cunard Liner Lusitania 1915
The Cunard liner Lusitania was torpedoed by German submarine off the south coast of Ireland on 7th May 1915, and sank within half an hour, of the 1, 906 persons on board, only 708 were saved

Russo-German naval action in the Baltic, WW1
Russo-German naval action in the Baltic during the First World War which led to the destruction of a German destroyer and mine layer and the torpedoing of a German pre-dreadnought battleship

Last moments of HMS Courageous by G. H. Davis
The last moments of HMS Courageous after being torpedoed by a German U-boat: the crew abandoning ship in the failing evening light

Saga of the Salmon by G. H. Davis
The saga of the Salmon, a British submarine, which let the Bremen go, but torpedoed a German submarine and two cruisers, the Leipzig and the Blucher. December 1939

New device for torpedoed tankers by G. H. Davis
Saved by compressed air: a new device for torpedoed tankers. How tankers holed by U-boat torpedoes during the Second World War can remain afloat by using compressed air. Date: 1943

H. M. S. Shark
The Shark was one of twenty ships in the Royal Navy K class of destroyers (previously designated as Acasta class). She was torpedoed and sunk during the Battle of Jutland, 1916 Date: 1914

Lusitania - First sight of the approaching Torpedo 1915
Passengers that were on the deck of the Lusitania, were looking out to sea, suddenly they saw a white streak close to the surface coming straight for the vessel. 7 May 1915

Italian steamer torpedoed by German U-boat, WW1
An Italian steamer torpedoed by a German U-boat during the First World War. Date: 1915-1918

HMS Majestic, British battleship, capsized, WW1
HMS Majestic, British predreadnought battleship, launched 1895, served before and during the early part of the First World War including the Dardanelles

HMS Majestic, British battleship, sinking, WW1
HMS Majestic, British predreadnought battleship, launched 1895, served before and during the early part of the First World War including the Dardanelles

Sinking of the French liner Sontay, Mediterranean, WW1
Scene during the sinking of the French liner Sontay in the Mediterranean after being torpedoed by a German submarine during the First World War, with passengers and crew escaping into lifeboats

Torpedoed British ship in dock, WW1
A torpedoed British ship in dock during the First World War. Date: 9 September 1915

HMS Hermes
The British ship HMS Hermes which was torpedoed by a German submarine in October 1914

Lusitania!, Lusitania
American soldiers shown overwhelming German troops and yelling, " Lusitania", to indicate they have waited some time to avenge the Lusitania

One Year of World War 1914-15 - highlighting the allies to the German war effort including the Ottoman Empire

Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H. M.s Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship
Torpedoed by a German submarine in the Straits of Dover: H.M.S Hermes, a seaplane carrying ship

HMS Ark Royal listing to starboard, Second World War, 1941
Photograph showing the Royal Navy aircraft-carrier HMS Ark Royal listing heavily to starboard, after being torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea in November 1941

Sinking British Merchant Ship, 1916
Photograph showing a sinking British Merchant ship, after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine, 1916. In this picture the ships funnel has reached the waterline

RAF Liberator bombers over an Atlantic Convoy; Second Worl
Illustration showing Royal Air Force Liberator bombers flying over an Atlantic convoy, during a German U-boat (submarine) attack, 1943

The Lost Cunarder
Photograph of the Lusitania, a floating palace, torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of 1200 lives

The Promenade Deck
The promenade deck of the Lusitania showing passengers reclining on deck-chairs. The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of 1210 lives

The E9s commander
Photograph of Commander Max K. Horton, the submarine officer who torpedoed three German war-ships, the Pommern, the Hela and S.116

Torpedoed ship
Front page photograph from the Illustrated London News showing torpedoe damage to a Norwegian oil-tank steamer, Belridge. The picture was intended to show the damage suffered by the Lusitania

Lusitania - an American fatality
An American victim of the sinking of the Lusitania being stretchered through Queenstown covered in the American flag. The Lusitania was torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915 with the loss of

The Smoking-Room of the Lusitania, the liner torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat on May 7th 1915, with the loss of 1200 lives

British Submarine E8
British submarine E8, a sister vessel of the E9 which torpedoed the German cruiser Hela off Heligoland Date: 1914

Lusitania Painted Grey
The Lusitania is painted war- grey early in the war on its trip back from New York in 1914, a disguise which does not save it from being torpedoed on 7 May 1915

U-Boat Drowns Survivors
When the British steamer Belgian Prince is torpedoed, the crew are taken aboard the U-boat and lined up on its deck; it then submerges... only a few survive

Lusitania Recruitment
WWI recruitment poster imploring men to join up and avenge the Lusitania, a passenger ship which was torpedoed without warning by a German U-boat in May 1915

Bath / Torpedo 1917
A little girl in her bath: " I hope to goodness I shan t be torpedoed!"

Lusitania - Photo
The Great Cunard liner Lusitania, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine

Lusitania Sinks
This dramatic cover page conveys the shock felt after the Lusitania was torpedoed

HERMES SUNK BY U-BOAT
The British cruiser Hermes is torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat

Torpedoed Ship, Ww1
Abandon ship ! the crew of a torpedoed British ship take to the boats as their vessel keels over

Rescuing U-Boat Victim
A child is rescued aboard a passenger ship torpedoed by a U-boat - an episode from an adventure yarn published in 1917 based on authentic naval operations

Exploring Ww1 Wrecks
Divers explore the wrecks of vessels torpedoed during World War One : the amazing suit on the left is specially designed for very deep dives

U. S. S. PLYMOUTH (PG 57)
Built for Mrs Alva Vanderbilt in 1931 at the Krupp factory, Kiel, Germany, the Alva was given to the U.S. navy in 1941 and renamed U.S.S. Plymouth. Torpedoed by a U-boat in 1943

Lusitania Sinks (Morell)
Torpedoed within sight of the Irish coast: a reconstruction of where and how the Cunard passenger liner was sunk by German U-boat U-20, with the loss of 1198 lives

Lusitania in 1908
Passenger liner of the Cunard line, the largest in the world at the time of her launch; she will be torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1915, with the lost of 1198 lives

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