Image:HMS Indefatigable sinking.jpg

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In the distance the British battlecruiser HMS INDEFATIGABLE sinking after being struck by shells from the German battlecruiser VON DER TANN first in "X" magazine and then once she had limped out of the line she was hit by another salvo on the foredeck, the resulting explosion then destroying her. All but two of INDEFATIGABLE's crew of 1,119 were killed in the blast.
Source

IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: Q 64302
Date

31 May 1916
Author

Official Royal Navy Photographer
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