Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the British cruiser HMS Vindictive sunk in the entrance to Ostend harbor to prevent transit by German submarines, ca.1914. The burned hull of the cruiser is at center, between two long wooden piers. Another ship is visible on the ocean in the background. There is a sandy beach in the foreground at right. The Vindictive took part in the raid at Zeebruge and was filled with concrete and sunk at Ostend by British marines.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm. photographic prints photographs
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