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File:HMS Indefatigable sinking.jpg

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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.
Date 31 May 1916
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IWMLondonThumbnail.jpg This is photograph Q 64302 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 3904-01) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Author LT CMDR H T DAY
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