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| Keywords: HMS Majestic sinking 27 May 1915.jpg The last moments of British battleship HMS Majestic torpedoed by the U-21 off Cape Helles Dardanelles on 27 May 1915 A version of this photo can be found http //fineartamerica com/featured/hms-majestic-sinking-may-27-1915-after-ken-welsh html here Photo from The War Illustrated 26 June 1915 Caption reads The last moments of H M S Majestic showing the huge battleship three minutes after she had been torpedoed by a German submarine about to turn completely over and sink The Majestic was torpedoed off the Gallipoli Peninsula early in the morning of May 27th In this impressive photograph the doomed vessel is seen after receiving her death-blow with her torpedo-nets out and her crew scrambling down her hull Small craft are rushing to the rescue and near her are larger vessels powerless to help On the British ship from which this photograph was taken men are watching the tragic spectacle PD-old-70-1923 Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign HMS Majestic ship 1895 27 May Sinking ships May 1915 | ||||
