Sinking of Ss Athenia, September 1939 HU51008
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Sinking of SS Athenia, September 1939
An elderly woman is hoisted aboard the American cargo steamship City of Flint after spending the night in a lifeboat. She had been rescued from the passenger liner Athenia which was torpedoed by U-30 on the evening of 3 September 1939 off the north west coast of Ireland and sank the next morning.
An elderly woman is hoisted aboard the American cargo steamship City of Flint after spending the night in a lifeboat. She had been rescued from the passenger liner Athenia which was torpedoed by U-30 on the evening of 3 September 1939 off the north west coast of Ireland and sank the next morning.
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This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
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