Image: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 CH1354
Description: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 Royal Navy destroyer HMS Anthony rescues survivors from a lifeboat from SS City of Benares which had been been adrift for nine days after the ship sank on 17 September 1940. City of Benares was evacuating children from Britain to Canada under the auspices of the Children's Overseas Reception Board [CORB] as part of Convoy OB 213 when it was torpedoed and sunk with heavy loss of life in the Atlantic by the German submarine U-48. The sinking became one of the most notorious events of the Second World War.
Title: The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945 CH1354
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//8/media-8384/large.jpg This photograph CH 1354 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Royal Air Force official photographer
Permission: 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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License: Public domain
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