The gymnasium aboard the SS Transylvania

Date:
Nov 1914
Reference:
BL22855/007
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The SS Transylvania was built for the Cunard Steamship Company as a passenger liner, and was completed just before the outbreak of the First World War. In 1915 she was commissioned to carry troops; in 1917 she was sunk by a German torpedo near the coast of Italy, with considerable loss of life. The photograph is one of a set commissioned by Cunard.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series of photographic negatives and prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Cunard Steamship Company Limited

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Keywords

Gymnasium, Early 20th Century Watercraft, Water Transport