Onlookers around the wayward torpedo, dubbed the 'Red Herring'
Collection
Identifier
FH01-229
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: FH01-229. A 'red herring' is a clue or piece of information which is, or is intended to be, misleading or distracting. This wandering torpedo was fired by the submarine HMS Orpheus (OR) and it ran aground twenty miles from Hong Kong. Claimed by the Chinese, the torpedo was carried five miles inland and, eventually, returned to the destroyer HMS Wishart. See FH01-228, FH01-230, FH01-231, FH01-232 and FH01-233.
Caption in album or on mount
THE “RED HERRING” / ADRIFT FOR 30 DAYS / DEC. 1932
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Date
December 1932
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
