Prize of war
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A prize of war is a piece of enemy property seized by a belligerent party during or after a war or battle. This term was used nearly exclusively in terms of captured ships during the 18th and 19th cen
Civil ensign of an American merchant brig captured by HMS Borer during the War of 1812
The stern piece of HMS Royal Charles, which was captured by Dutch forces during the 1667 raid on the Medway
A Canadian soldier in World War I emerging from a bunker with an armful of Pickelhauben, taken as souvenirs
Cannon taken from Mexico in 1847, later captured in fighting in Kansas
HMT Empire Windrush
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HMT Empire Windrush was a passenger motor ship that was launched in Germany in 1930 as the MV Monte Rosa. She was built as an ocean liner for the German shipping company Hamburg Süd. They used the shi
Prize of war
…confiscated from Germany as reparation prizes at the conclusion of World War II, one of which remains in US service as USCGC Eagle. The passenger ship HMT Empire Windrush, which had a notable role in the post-war history of the United Kingdom, was originally a German ship, confiscated after the war. The Russian ship…
Empire Windrush
Monte Cervantes, one of Monte Rosa's sister ships, 1930
Monte Cervantes' engine room
A torpedo-equipped Bristol Beaufighter of 144 Squadron, an aircraft of the type the squadron used to attack Monte Rosa