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title: British Convoy, WWI
author: Horace Nicholls
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21486/british-convoy-wwi/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-01-12
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# British Convoy, WWI
_Authored by Horace Nicholls_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21486.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph of a British naval convoy in the Atlantic Ocean, a strategy adopted during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18) to minimise losses to German U-boats. As additional protection, the ships are sailing a zigzag course.
Imperial War Museums, London.
## Cite This Work
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Nicholls, H. (2025, December 17). British Convoy, WWI. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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### MLA
Nicholls, Horace. "British Convoy, WWI." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Dec 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196492) by **Horace Nicholls**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 17 December 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.