#royalnavy

Warship that sank in 1908 found off U.K. coast, revealing "final moments" before over half the crew died (cbsnews.com)

HMS Tiger, a 400-ton torpedo boat destroyer, was cut in two after colliding with the 10,000-ton cruiser HMS Berwick in 1908. www.cbsnews.com/news/warship...

14 Aug 1917 // Q-ship HMS Prize (ex German schooner Else) was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB.48 in the Western Atlantic with all 27 crew lost. The painting, c1922 by Charles Dixon, shows the earlier sinking of U.93 by HMS Prize, 30 April 1917. (National Maritime Museum)

14 Aug 1943 // Submarine HMS Saracen was depth-charged by Italian corvettes off Bastia, Corsica, and forced to the surface where her crew scuttled her. Two of her crew were lost and 46 were taken prisoner. (Imperial War Museum image A 15998)