BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIER HMS ILLUSTRIOUS HIT BY GERMAN TORPEDO - 1940

Description

Scarce early original vintage silver gelatin Type l first generation photograph shows the newest British aircraft carrier HMS ILLUSTRIOUS grounded after being hit by a German aerial torpedo.
This is not a copy or reproduction but a Type 1 first generation photograph developed from the original negative and dated 7/4/40.
HMS Illustrious was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy before World War II. Her first assignment after completion and working up was with the Mediterranean Fleet, in which her aircraft's most notable achievement was sinking one Italian battleship and badly damaging two others during the Battle of Taranto in late 1940. Two months later the carrier was crippled by German dive bombers and was repaired in the United States.
Photograph measures 7 x 9 inches and is in excellent condition with no bends, tears, or creases and is very sharp and has strong tones with good contrast and clarity.
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