FORMER GERMAN PIRATE DRIVEN INTO ENGLISH PORT—THIS GIANT U-BOAT IS SEEN BEING LASHED BY WAVES AT HASTINGS. THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U118, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BROKEN AWAY WHILE BEING TOWED, LYING BROADSIDE ON HASTINGS BEACH, WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF THE HOUSES. THE CRAFT, WHICH IS ABOUT 270 FEET LONG, WAS IN A DANGEROUS PREDICAMENT AT THE TIME THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, AS HIGH TIDES WERE RUNNING, AND IT WAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY THAT THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES SAVED HER FROM BEING BROKEN UP.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1522, 26 June 1919, Page 19
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85FORMER GERMAN PIRATE DRIVEN INTO ENGLISH PORT—THIS GIANT U-BOAT IS SEEN BEING LASHED BY WAVES AT HASTINGS. THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U118, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BROKEN AWAY WHILE BEING TOWED, LYING BROADSIDE ON HASTINGS BEACH, WITHIN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS OF THE HOUSES. THE CRAFT, WHICH IS ABOUT 270 FEET LONG, WAS IN A DANGEROUS PREDICAMENT AT THE TIME THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, AS HIGH TIDES WERE RUNNING, AND IT WAS WITH CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY THAT THE BRITISH AUTHORITIES SAVED HER FROM BEING BROKEN UP. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1522, 26 June 1919, Page 19
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