A Torpedoed Tramp Steamer off the Longships, Cornwall, 1918 Art.IWMART2237, Geoffrey Stephen Allfree

A torpedoed tramp steamer off the longships, cornwall, 1918 image: a tramp-steamer in dazzle camouflage keeled over to port and grounded on a cliff-lined cornish beach. A heavy sea flecked with foam washes over the wreck, while a stormy sky passes overhead. Shafts of sunlight illuminate the sea and cliffs with an unearthly glow. The remains of an earlier wreck can be seen stranded on the point in the upper left. Note: beaumaris, a cargo ship was torpedoed and damaged in the atlantic ocean 2. 5 nautical miles (4. 6 km) off the longships lighthouse by sm u-53 ( imperial german navy). She was beached in whitesand bay but was a total loss. Her crew survived. Date: 1918 (First World War).