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A starboard bow view of the Cross-Channel ferry Sussex (1896) lying at Boulogne with the bows missing after being torpedoed.
A starboard just off bow view of the Cross-Channel ferry Sussex (1896), lying at Boulogne with her bows missing after being torpedoed by the German U-boat UB-29 (1916) on 24 March 1916.
A glass copy negative from a photographic print.
The ferry was bound from Folkstone to Dieppe when it was torpedoed and the area from the bridge to the bows was blown up. The number of dead is not certain, but at least 50 crew and passengers out of the 53 crew and 325 passengers died. The ferry was towed stern-first into Boulogne as it was still afloat.
A glass copy negative from a photographic print.
The ferry was bound from Folkstone to Dieppe when it was torpedoed and the area from the bridge to the bows was blown up. The number of dead is not certain, but at least 50 crew and passengers out of the 53 crew and 325 passengers died. The ferry was towed stern-first into Boulogne as it was still afloat.
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Object Details
| ID: | P21156 |
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| Type: | Glass plate negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Vessels: | Sussex (1896) |
| Date made: | Late March 1916 |
| People: | Chemins de Fer de l'Etat Francais; London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 88 mm x 139 mm |
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