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Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking

Unknown, 1916, Document, Reproduction
Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking
Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking
Page from WW1 scrapbook, site of HMS Hampshire sinking
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Item no
30062
Title
Site of sinking HMS Hampshire
Description
A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing postcards of the coastline where HMS Hampshire sank off the coast of Orkney on June 5th 1916.
The handwriting reads, 'Mrs. Cameron writes:
This is where the 'Hampshire' was lost. The men were blown away along the coast to Skaill Bay where the solitary raft was blown in. Other sailors were hauled up the cliffs by ropes but were too far gone with exposure. The poor men must have suffered terribly. A few had scrambled the length of a barn [?] and were found there all huddled together.'
Artist / maker
Date
1916
Size
27.5 x 22.0 cm
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection