HMS Poseidon, which sank north of the British naval base Weihai in 1931 following a collision with a Chinese merchant boat, has been in the news lately as China has been accused of secretly salvaging the sunken submarine with the remains of 18 crewmen on board
But look at these pages, the first a fantastic diagrammatic explainer showing what and how the crew could have escaped, of course some did. This was published in the Illustrated London News on July 18
The second from the Daily Herald on Wednesday June 10. The the collision making the front page splash, which included a single column locator map
A colleague Keith Hoggins, pointed these out while he researching the story for the Daily Telegraph
We all remember great illustrations from our childhood
Most based on 'boys toys' and military craft
Almost 80 years these graphics would still be publishable in our press
They are content driven, and in my view 'content' is all, whether visual or the written word
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