HMS Triumph torpedoed off Gaba Tepe Accession Number: ART09447.020

Description

A small sketch of HMS 'Triumph', shown listing in the ocean. The ship, a British battleship, was torpedoed off Gaba Tepe, Turkey, in May 1915 by a German submarine, after it attempted to shell the Turkish positions. The drawing is by Lt. Dudley Marwood Elliott. He served with the 11th Battalion, Australian Infantry and died of wounds on 18 September 1918 near Roisel, France. D M Elliott was born in Brighton, Victoria in 1896, enlisted in August 1914, aged 18 and a half years and had been an architect before joining the Army.

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Accession Number
ART09447.020
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Measurement
Sheet: 8.9 x 13 cm
Medium
pencil on paper
Date Made
1915
Place Made
Whole/Part
Child
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Donated 1927
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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