A British Royal Naval Air Service (RANS) seaplane trying to locate the submarine that torpedoed ...

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Accession Number A01488
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made English Channel
Date made 25 April 1917
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A British Royal Naval Air Service (RANS) seaplane trying to locate the submarine that torpedoed the British Troopship Ballarat in the English Channel, the Ballarat was carrying Australian troops to England. Efforts made to tow the ship to shallow water failed and she sank off The Lizard the following morning. No lives were lost of the 1752 souls on board.