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Merchant Service in War Time
Unknown, 1917, Document
Merchant Service in War Time
Merchant Service in War Time
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Item no
29853
Title
Merchant Service in War Time; The sole survivors of the 'Belgian Prince'; A remarkable Naval feat
Description
A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 1) showing pictures of The Seaman's Hospital Society; a press cutting about the sole survivors of the SS Belgian Prince; and the naval expedition to Lake Tanganyika in East Africa.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1917
Size
27.5 x 21.8 cm
Type
Document
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
The Seamen's Hospital Society is a long-established maritime charity dedicated to meeting the health, welfare and advice needs of seafarers. It is based in Greenwich.
Read this article from the
Maritime Quest
for further information about the sinking of the Belgian Prince during World War One.
Read history as it happened with free access to the
Scotsman Digital Archive
.
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Thomson Family WW1 scrapbooks (volume 1)
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