Steam Ship, S/S Grive on 1910s Monochrome Postcard - Unused by Ch. Chambon - ca 1910s-20s
by Ch. Chambon
Steam Ship, S/S Grive on 1910s Monochrome Postcard - Unused
by Ch. Chambon
- Used
- near fine
Unused WWI Era Postcard. Initially operated as a "Store Carrier", the ship depicted was converted to an Armed Boarding Steamer for the British Navy in 1914. It was subsequently torpedoed by the German Submarine, SM UC-40 on 8 December 1917 in the North Sea by Lerwick. While being towed to port on 24 December 1917, the ship foundered in a North Sea Gale. At the time that this postcard was published, it was operated by the General Steam Navigation Company, Ltd.
The postcard is unused and is free of any writing, marks, or stains. There is some minor toning, and very minor edge and corner wear.
The postcard is unused and is free of any writing, marks, or stains. There is some minor toning, and very minor edge and corner wear.
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Seller
Paper Time Machines
(US)
- Format/Binding Postcard - Monochrome
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Ch. Chambon
- Place of Publication Bordeaux, France
- Date Published ca 1910s-20s
- Size ~3.5" X 5"
- Keywords Steamships, Merchant Marines, Transatlantic, Shipwrecks, British Navy
- Size ~3.5" X 5"