Ship picture III. Rich

Lot 9503 limit € 120

Wood and mass, colored, depicting the attack of the auxiliary cruiser Thor with artillery fire on the Britannia (III) on March 25, 1941, the Britannia was a passenger ship of the British shipping company Anchor Line that was put into service in 1926, the only lightly armed passenger steamer went 720 Sea miles west of Freetown caught fire and sank, 249 passengers and crew members lost their lives, picture format overall approx. 28.5 x 37 cm, slight signs of age