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Description: | Ms account (7pp), with extended ts transcription (3pp), in which an eyewitness on board the British steamship NIGARISTAN in the man-of-war anchorage in Penang harbour gives a vivid description of the German cruiser EMDEN's surprise attack on, and destruction of, the light cruiser ZHEMCHUG in October 1914 with comments on the good handling and gunnery of the German ship and on the "agony of pity" which he and his shipmates felt for the officers and the men of the ZHEMCHUG; also presscuttings from the SUNDAY EXPRESS, April 1967, comprising extracts from a book on the EMDEN.
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Catalogue date 1983-11-03 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Meager, W M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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