File:HMT Amethyst.jpg

Source: http://www.fleetwood-trawlers.connectfree.co.uk/phyllisrosalie.html

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I claim that this image qualifies for fair use in the HMT Amethyst article because

• It is a low resolution version of a copyrighted image
• It is impossible to create a free version since the ship in question was sunk
• The image is necessary to illustrate the article

Benea (talk) 16:58, 15 August 2008 (UTC)

• This boat was sunk in 1940, which is 71 years ago, so the photograph must have been made then or before that; and probably before she was renamed Amethyst in 1935, as the image shows her old name, which makes the image at least 76 years old. No good image of a coal-fired steam trawler in action is available and older than author's life + 70 years. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:05, 1 July 2011 (UTC)