The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A British Royal Naval Air Service (RANS) seaplane trying to locate the submarine that torpedoed the British Troopship Ballarat in the English Channel, the Ballarat was carrying Australian troops to England. Efforts made to tow the ship to shallow water failed and she sank off The Lizard the following morning. No lives were lost of the 1752 souls on board.
The British Troopship Ballarat, carrying Australian troops to England, sinking by the stern after being torpedoed in the English Channel on 25 April 1917. Efforts made to tow the ship to shallow water
The sinking of troopship SS 'Ballarat' which took place on 25 April 1917 in the English Channel. A submarine torpedoed the 'Ballarat', which was carrying Australian troops from Melbourne to England. E
English Channel, England. 25 April 1917. The British Troopship Ballarat, carrying Australian troops to England, sinking by the stern after being torpedoed in the English Channel. Efforts made to tow t
English Channel, England. 25 April 1917. The British Troopship Ballarat, carrying Australian troops to England, sinking by the stern after being torpedoed in the English Channel. Efforts made to tow t
View taken from the bridge of the British transport ship HMAT Ballarat, showing the ship's boats laden with troops, after being torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel. Efforts were ma
Group portrait of the 7th Reinforcements, 39th Battalion. The 7th Reinforcements were travelling to England aboard HMAT Ballarat when it was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel on 2