PW2217

HMS 'Comus' rescuing survivors of the 'Greif' Long Caption: HMS 'Comus' picking up survivors from the German auxiliary cruiser 'Greif', on 29 February 1916, north of the Shetland Isles. The sinking ship on the left is the 'Greif', which was sunk by the 'Comus',after being crippled by gunfire from the armed merchant cruisers 'Andes' and 'Alcantara'. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection Object: PAF2217 Artist: William Lionel Wyllie Date: 1916 Medium: watercolour; graphite Size: 201 mm x 378 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.