Unidentified passenger/cargo ship mined in the North Sea

A distant starboard view of an unidentified passenger/cargo ship, down by the bow, having struck a mine. A small tug is approaching off the liner's starboard bow. A tow line is attached to the stern and to a tug out of the picture. Same ship in N22713.

The photograph was taken from the deck of the light cruiser HMS Aurora (1913).

The negative has some silver mirroring around the edges.

Object Details

ID: N22712
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Date made: 1915-1918
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 107 mm x 82 mm
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