File:HMS Indefatigable sinking.jpg

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Description 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.
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This photograph Q 64302 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 3904-01)
Author LT CMDR H T DAY
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