Printed Roll Call of the 25th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 7 February 1917, after the mining of HMT Tyndareus
papers, papers
Accession Number
NAM.1998-10-286-1
Description
Printed Roll Call of the 25th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, 7 Feb 1917, after the mining of the HMT Tyndareus, lithographed by South China Mooring Port, Hong Kong. The troopship HMT Tyndareus, bound for Hong Kong, struck a German mine off Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 6 Feb 1917. All aboard were saved, and the Tyndareus later managed to make its way to Simonstown. The ship also saw service during World War Two and was broken up in 1960.
Events
Tyndareus, Mining of, 1917 (World War One, War at Sea 1914-1918)
