A01325 Accession Number: A01325

Description

A section of the wrecked British Naval Cruiser HMS Vindictive taken after the Zeebrugge raid at 11.12 am on 23 April 1918 taken from a German aeroplane. (This photograph was given to Captain C.Mills, AIF, by a German naval officer in Berlin in June, 1919.)

Details

Accession Number
A01325
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
23 April 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Captain C Mills.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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