HMS Triumph, a Royal Navy Colossus Class Light Fleet aircraft carrier noses into a Kure dock. ...

Accession Number HOBJ0628
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Print silver gelatin
Maker Hobson, Phillip Oliver
Place made Japan: Kure
Date made c May 1950
Conflict British Commonwealth Occupation Force, 1946-1952 (Japan)
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

HMS Triumph, a Royal Navy Colossus Class Light Fleet aircraft carrier noses into a Kure dock. Kure was a former Japanese naval base and arsenal. Sailors line the sides of the ship and look into the water as it makes it way to the dock. Note the British flag flying from the flag pole on deck. HMS Triumph was cruising Japan when the Korean War broke out, and went on to play a key role in the early stages of the war.