Indian Ocean. November 1914. "HMS Minotaur, flagship of the British China Squadron which usually ...

Accession Number G01549
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Bean, Charles Edwin Woodrow (C E W)
Date made November 1914
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Indian Ocean. November 1914. "HMS Minotaur, flagship of the British China Squadron which usually led the fleet of the First Convoy. On the horizon can be seen the smoke of the Japanese cruiser Ibuki, she burnt 200 tons of coal per day. Early on 8 November 1914 HMS Minotaur left us and HMS Melbourne took charge of the fleet." C E W Bean. The troopship Euripides is seen in the background.

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