File:The English cruiser HMS Amphion strikes a mine in the Thames estuary 1914.jpg

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English: Der Krieg 1914-19 in Wort und Bild, published 1919, Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., Berlin, 1919.

The English cruiser HMS Amphion strikes a mine (laid earlier by the Königin Luise) in the Thames estuary, 1914], originally Der Krieg in Wort und Bild 1914-19, Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., Berlin, 1919.

At 06:35, Amphion struck a mine that detonated underneath her bridge. The explosion set her forecastle on fire and broke the ship's keel. The destroyer Linnet attempted to tow the cruiser, but a deep crack across her upper deck showed that she was hogging badly and Fox ordered his crew to abandon ship. Shortly afterwards, her forward magazine exploded, throwing one 4-inch gun into the air that narrowly missed Linnet. One of Amphion's shells burst on the deck of the destroyer Lark, killing two of her men and the only German prisoner rescued from the cruiser. Amphion then rapidly sank within 15 minutes of the explosion losing 1 officer and 131 ratings killed in the sinking, plus an unknown number of the crew rescued from Königin Luise.
Date by 1919
date QS:P,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1919-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source originally Der Krieg in Wort und Bild 1914-19, Deutsches Verlagshaus Bong & Co., Berlin, 1919
Author A. Hubert

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