Sketch showing the German light cruiser MAINZ sinking, 28 August 1914.
Sketch mounted on card, showing the sinking of the German light cruiser MAINZ (1909) during the Battle of Heligoland Bight, 28 August 1914. The sketch was made by Sub Lieutenant George Cliffe Hatch of the destroyer HMS FIREDRAKE (1912), in a letter to his cousin Madeline Whitehead.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/V/19; MSS/78/018 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1914-01-01 - ?; 1914-08-28 1914 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- 'The London Gazette', no.2142, 27-31 May 1686. (Manuscript) (HSR/T/7)
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- Draft of a congratulatory address to George III on the occasion of the battle of Trafalgar by the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 26 Nov 1805. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/2)
- Transferred to PUS/3. (Manuscript) (HSR/U/3)
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