Accession Number | G00550 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Glass transparency (positive) |
Maker |
Brooks, Ernest |
Place made | Greece: Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Mudros |
Date made | April 1915 |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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HMS Queen Elizabeth, leaving Mudros Harbour for Gallipoli Peninsula. It will be noticed that her ...
Description
HMS Queen Elizabeth, leaving Mudros Harbour for Gallipoli Peninsula. It will be noticed that her bow is painted white to simulate the water thrown up when she is moving rapidly, and thus deceive the enemy as to her actual speed.