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https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10061| Title: | Royal Mail Steamer S.S. "Hibernia" /HMS Tara |
| Authors: | Williams, Joe |
| Keywords: | London & North Western S.S. "Hibernia" Royal Mail steamer Holyhead and Ireland renamed HMS Tara sunk 1915 by German submarine U35 |
| Issue Date: | 1900 |
| Publisher: | McCorquodale & Co. Ltd |
| Description: | Postcard of the London & North Western S.S. "Hibernia" which first entered service in January 1900 as an express passenger and Royal Mail steamer between Holyhead and the North Wall Dublin and later Dun Laoghaire. Commandeered by the Admiralty in WW1 and renamed HMS Tara, she was torpedoed and sunk on the 5th November 1915 by German submarine U35 and the survivors spent a miserable 4.5 months as prisoners of the Turks until eventually rescued. |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10599/10061 |
| Appears in Collections: | Joe Williams Postcard Collection Published Items |
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| wm_SS Hibernia Royal Mail Route. McCorquodale & Co. Ltd..jpg | Generated Web Image | 2.44 MB | JPEG |  View/Open |
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