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Description: | Photographs relating to the service of Hugh Wetherbee on the hospital ship HMHS SOUDAN between January 1915 and January 1916. These include images of British and French warships (including HMS SWIFTSURE) and transports off Sedd el Bahr during opening bombardment of Turkish position on 25 April 1915; ships (including HSM AGAMEMNON, HMS CANOPUS, HMS PRINCE GEORGE and the liners MAURETANIA and OLYMPIC) at Mudros; and a hospital lighter off the Gallipoli peninsula. There are also photographs of the coastline at Suvla Bay viewed from the sea and an aerial photograph of 'V' Beach. Also in the collection are a number of good portraits of ships including: HMHS SOUDAN, HMS LOWESTOFT, HMS SHANNON, HMS ACHILLES, the MAURETANIA (as a hospital ship), HMS EURYALUS, HMS DUBLIN, the French armoured cruiser JEANNE D'ARC, the French battleships BOUVET, GALOIS and SUFFREN and the French transport CHAQUIA. There are also general view of warships, troopships and transports at both Malta and Mudros. Additionally, one album contains a series of photographs showing survivors from the troopship HMT ROYAL EDWARD being taken onboard the SOUDAN (the ROYAL EDWARD was torpedoed by UB 14 in the Aegean on 13 August 1915). Finally, the collection also includes photographs showing the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow and the anchorage at Invergordon. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | SOUDAN (HMHS) Royal Navy | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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