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Caption | HMS Courageous sinking, Atlantic Ocean, 17 Sep 1939; photograph taken by a British Royal Navy sailor aboard an escorting vessel ww2dbase | |||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Atlantic Ocean | |||||||
Date | 17 Sep 1939 | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 17 Sep 1939 | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Photo Size | 1,200 x 838 pixels |
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At 6 p.m. on 17 September 1939 the aircraft carrier HMS Courageous (Capt. W.T. Makeig-Jones) was torpedoed by U-29 (Lieutenant-Commander Schuhardt) and sank South-West of Ireland with her captain and 518 of nearly half of her ship’s company. Captain Makeig-Jones was last seen remaining on his bridge alone, saluting the flag as Courageous capsized and went down.