Loss of HMS 'Aboukir', 'Hogue' and 'Cressy' in the Broad Fourteens action of 22 September 1914

The right half of an image of which PAD9941 is the other part (see that one for full details). It shows the armoured cruiser 'Hogue' listing to starboard after being hit by two torpedoes from the German submarine U-9 (Comander Otto Weddigen) while stopped to rescue the survivors of her sister 'Aboukir', whose upturned hull can be seen in the foreground. The third ship present from the 7th Cruiser Squadron was the 'Cressy' and she was torpedoed by U-9 shortly after the Hogue and sank within fifteen minutes. This is a very finished drawing in two parts, possibly intended for illustration in print but, if so, where and when it appeared remains to be identifed.

Object Details

ID: PAD9942
Collection: Fine art
Type: Drawing
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Events: World War I: Sinking of Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy, 1914
Date made: circa 1915
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: 317 mm x 233 mm