FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. 1940-06-08. AERIAL VIEW OF THE SEAPLANE TENDER HMS ALBATROSS, FORMERLY A ...

Place Europe: United Kingdom
Accession Number 302826
Collection type Photograph
Object type Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE. 1940-06-08. AERIAL VIEW OF THE SEAPLANE TENDER HMS ALBATROSS, FORMERLY A VESSEL OF THE RAN AND NOW OPERATING A SQUADRON OF SUPERMARINE WALRUS AMPHIBIAN PATROL AIRCRAFT FROM SIERRA LEONE, AND A BRITISH HEAVY CRUISER, EITHER HMS SHROPSHIRE OR CUMBERLAND, WHICH FORMS PART OF THE OCEAN ESCORT FOR CONVOY US.3, TRANSPORTING AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)