The destruction of a U-boat by a Q-boat. A British mystery ship, H.M.S. PRIZE, held up by a German submarine: the panic party" putting off in a boat" – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of The destruction of a U-boat by a Q-boat. A British mystery ship, H.M.S. PRIZE, held up by a German submarine: the panic party" putting off in a boat". An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The destruction of a U-boat by a Q-boat. A British mystery ship, H.M.S. PRIZE, held up by a German submarine: the panic party" putting off in a boat"
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Disguised as a harmless merchant ship, H.M.S. Prize was one of the Royal Navy's Q-ships, vessels built to lure German submarines into surfacing within gun range. In this drawing by Charles Pears, a boat of apparently panicked crewmen pulls away from the ship while a U-boat closes in, a staged scene meant to convince the enemy that the vessel was helpless. The picture appeared in The Illustrated London News in December 1918, and it reflects the wartime fascination with these decoy ships and the deception at the center of their work.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Notes | Halftone repro. of drawing by Charles Pears. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, v. 153, 1918 Dec. 14, p. 794. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,078 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143070 |
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