A Royal Navy aircraft carrier seen moored in Alexandra Harbour after being part of the naval ...

Accession Number 005002/02
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Parer, Damien Peter
Place made Egypt, Egypt: Alexandria
Date made 31 December 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

A Royal Navy aircraft carrier seen moored in Alexandra Harbour after being part of the naval force which heavily bombarded the Italian ports of Sollum Bardia and Tobruk and played a big part in smashing Italian power in the Western Desert.

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