455 Hastings U118 WW1 German submarine Old photos of Hastings and St Leonards, East Sussex history in pictures

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U118, HASTINGS, SUSSEX

Hastings
U118 washed ashore
1919

postcards x3 archived

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Hastings
U118 washed ashore
1919

postcards x2 archived

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Hastings
U118 washed ashore
1919

postcard x2 archived

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Hastings
U118 washed ashore
1919

postcards x 2
Anderson Collection - 305
in house collection - 354

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Hastings
U118 washed ashore
1919

postcard
posted Brighton 21 June 1919
in house

One of 3 aerial photo postcards archived

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Hastings
German submarine U118
First paying visitor

scan of framed print
contributed:- Mrs. K. Puttick

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Hastings
U118 sightseers
1919

image from negative, in house
The council began charging 6d
to go onboard

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Hastings
U118
1919

scan of framed print
contributed:- Mrs. K. Puttick

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Hastings
U118
1919

postcard
posted, Seaford, 11 July 1919
contributed:- K. Puttick [Yapton]

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Hastings
Breaking of U118
1919

Badly damaged postcard
in house

U118 was broken for scrap on shore
The gun was placed on the Promenade for some time, but 'disappeared' later.

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	*German Submarine U118*
	15th of April 1919 - the surrendered German Submarine U118 was washed ashore on the beach at Hastings, Sussex after breaking its towrope on the way to Scapa Flow. Seen as an unusual Easter attraction, by sightseers, until a build-up of chlorine gas poisoned coastguards, two of whom died. U118 was an extremely large submarine for its time.

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