2-716-883 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The sinking of HMS 'Aboukir', First World War, 22 September 1914, (c1920). British warships torpedoed by the German submarine 'SM U-9' in the North Sea: 'Scene at the Foundering of H.M.S Aboukir, at the moment of the Captain's last command - "Every man for himself"...The Aboukir was one of the three cruisers to founder in the German submarine attack...The Hogue is shown sending boats to the rescue before her own turn came to be attacked...Altogether nearly 1500 lives were lost'. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume I, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]