Lot 20170 – DOGGER BANK INCIDENT: Balance of collection compri

DOGGER BANK INCIDENT: Balance of collection comprising 34 postcards (many postally used) written up on album pages with original letters, documents and copy of relevant article. Postcards include real photo types of funeral. On the night of of 21/22 October 1904 fishing trawlers from the English port of Hull were attacked in the North sea by the Russian Baltic Fleet (renamed the 2nd Pacific squadron) on its way to the Far East. This outrage met with international condemnation and brought Britain to the brink of war with Russia.