Mauritania (Steamship : Launched 1906)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Mauritania, 1915
Item — Box: 1, Page: 10, item: 5
Identifier: 2010-064-1-10-5
Scope and Contents
The photo shows the R. M. S. Mauritania sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Sister ship of the Lusitania, in 1915 she was used as a troop ship serving the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 1916, she was converted to a hospital ship. By the paint scheme in this image, she is a troop carrier. Africa is in the distance. In the foreground is what Welford elsewhere describes as a mosque and a schoolhouse. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for...
Dates:
1915
Mauritania, 1915
Item — Box: 1, Page: 11, item: 1
Identifier: 2010-064-1-11-1
Scope and Contents
The photo shows the R. M. S. Mauritania sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar. Sister ship of the Lusitania, in 1915 she was used as a troop ship serving the Gallipoli Campaign. In early 1916, she was converted to a hospital ship. By the paint scheme in this image, she is a troop carrier. Africa is in the distance. In the foreground is what Welford elsewhere describes as a mosque and a schoolhouse. Title taken from description on scrapbook page. Image has been digitally altered for...
Dates:
1915
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- Archival Object 2
- Digital Record 2
- Subject
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Welford, Alice 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula 2
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Photographs. 2
- Special Collections -- Photographs -- World War, 1914-1918. 1
- Special Collections -- Photographs -- World War, 1935-1945. 1