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Documents

IDNO
1278

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87/11/1

ItemName
Private Papers of R Goldrich

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Detailed ms diary, in 6 volumes, covering his service as a midshipman RNR (RN from August 1916) in the battleship HMS THUNDERER (2nd Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet) from December 1913 - December 1916, including the Battle of Jutland, and as a sub-lieutenant in the sloop POPPY, employed on anti-submarine patrol and convoy escort duties on the Coast of Ireland station at a time of considerable U-boat activity in the NW and SW Approaches (February 1917 - April 1918) and then on anti-submarine hydrophone patrols with the Northern Patrol based on Scapa Flow (April - June 1918). The most interesting entries relate to the Grand Fleet's anxieties about, and precautions against, the threat of submarine or air attack in the first months of the war, the suggestions of prejudice among RN officers against RNR officers and Jews, and his fellow officers' social life afloat and ashore throughout the war, while there are references in the 1917 - 1918 diaries to the sinking of a number of British merchant ships and to the loss of the cruiser HMS DRAKE (2 October 1917), the destroyer HMS WOLVERINE (12 December 1917), the destroyer HMS RACOON (9 January 1918) and the armed merchant cruiser CALGARIAN (1 March 1918). With the diaries is a copy of a monthly magazine (1935) containing a brief account by Goldrich of his naval career.

MakerName
Goldrich

Forenames
R

Honours
RN

Style
Commander

RelatedIWMItems
See DCAR and (DPH HU 53226)

RelatedImageFile
GoldrichR_001278_1.jpg

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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Documents

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Unrestricted

IndexPlace
North Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Irish Sea
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland, UK

IndexEvent
Battle of Jutland 1916, North Sea, First World War
First Battle of the Atlantic 1914-1918, Atlantic Ocean, First World War
Anti-submarine Warfare 1914-1918, Atlantic Ocean, First World War

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
1308

OtherNumber
91/17/1

ItemName
Private Papers of D S Goodbrand

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Ts memoir (81pp), written in 1991 as a series of impressions, describing his basic training as a seaman in HMS RALEIGH in Cornwall, where the actor Sir Michael Redgrave was a fellow rating (June - August 1941); his appointment to HMS CAMBRIDGE, a coastal battery in Devon, for anti-aircraft gunnery training (September - December 1941); his service as a wireless telegraphist in HMS OBDURATE (17th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet) from September 1942 - April 1944, with particular reference to the successful defence of Convoy JW51B to North Russia against heavy German surface attack on 31 December 1942, a visit to the Azores, and another Arctic convoy in January 1944 on which OBDURATE was damaged by a torpedo; and his appointment to LST 5 during her time in dockyard hands in Belfast (November 1944 - May 1945) and when based on Madras, India for service in the Bay of Bengal and the Far East (June - December 1945). The memoir, to which some poems are appended, includes an interesting assessment of the qualities of OBDURATE's commanding officer and some very useful comments, from the standpoint of an 'hostilities only' rating, about conditions and behaviour on the lower deck and naval discipline in general.

MakerName
Goodbrand

Forenames
D S

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
205

OtherNumber
91/7/1

ItemName
Private Papers of F B Coombes

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Ts memoirs (200pp), written in the 1980s, of twin brothers Frank (the author) and Fred, describing their rather socially deprived childhood years in the Sheffield area (1919 - 1933), their entry into the RN boys training establishment at Gosport (1934) and subsequent service together first as boys and ordinary seamen in the battle cruiser HMS HOOD in Home waters and the Mediterranean, including Non-Intervention Patrols during the Spanish Civil War (1935 - 1938), then in the destroyer HMS VORTIGERN in Home waters at the time of the Munich crisis (autumn 1938) and in shore establishments in Portsmouth (October 1938 - May 1939); Fred's service in M A/S B 3 based on Portland (May - December 1939) and then attached to the Mediterranean Fleet for operations along the North African coast until she was badly damaged by a mine (January 1940 - early 1941), his service in coastal shipping during the evacuation from Crete and off North Africa (early 1941 - early 1942) and as coxswain of ML 1005 for anti-submarine and coastal patrols out of Alexandria (March - summer 1942), his passage back to the United Kingdom via South Africa (early 1943) and his service as coxswain of MTB 621 (55th MTB Flotilla) for convoy protection and offensive operations in the North Sea and English Channel, including service off the Normandy beachhead during the landings (summer 1943 - 1945) and his post-war service in experimental MTBs (1945 - 1949); and Frank's service in the shore base at Portland (May-December 1939), in MTB 19 based on Portsmouth (early 1940), in the Q ship HMS ORCHY for anti-submarine patrols in the SW Approaches (1940), in MA/S B 22 based on Southampton (1941 - 1942), as coxswain of MTB 624 (also 55th MTB Flotilla) for the same operations as MTB 621 (1942 - late 1944) and then of MTB 759, based on Ostend (late 1944 - May 1945), and finally in shore appointments (1945 - 1950). The memoirs offer valuable insights into the harshness of boys' training in the 1930s, the poor living standards and lack of consideration of the lower deck at that time and the particular spirit and camaraderie of all ranks of Coastal Forces during the Second World War.

MakerName
Coombes

Forenames
F B

Honours
DSM

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
673

OtherNumber
90/38/1

ItemName
Private Papers of G C Blundell

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Ts transcripts (211 pp and 301 pp respectively), with some additional later notes of two extremely frank, detailed and descriptive diaries, the first covering his appointments between June 1939 and January 1941 as the torpedo officer, first lieutenant and, from September 1940, executive officer of the cruiser KENT, the flagship on the China Station up to November 1939, then employed on patrol and escort duties in the Indian Ocean up to August 1940 including some time as flagship of the 4th Cruiser Squadron, as flagship of the 7th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet from August 1940 until she was damaged by torpedo while bombarding Sollum on 17 September and, after a spell in dockyard hands in Alexandria, her passage home via the Cape, acting as part of the escort of convoy SL58 from Freetown to the UK (September 1940 - January 1941); the second diary covering his appointments between February 1941 and November 1943 in the same capacities in the battleship NELSON, the flagship of the Home Fleet till March 1941 and then of Force H in the Mediterranean from July - November 1941 and July 1942 - October 1943, and covering her service as part of the distant escort for the raid on the Lofoten Islands (March 1941), escorting convoys WS7 (March - April 1941) and WS19 (May - June 1942) from the UK to South Africa, as an escort in Operations Substance (July 1941), Style (July - August 1941), Halberd (September 1941) - in which NELSON was torpedoed - and Pedestal (August 1942), all supply convoys to Malta, and her involvement in the Allied landings in North Africa (November 1942), Sicily (July 1943) and at Salerno (September 1943) as well as the signing of the Armistice with Italy (September 1943). The diaries also include very interesting entries about his professional outlook and aspirations, his fellow wardroom officers and the captains and admirals (notably Admirals of the Fleet Sir James Somerville and Sir Algernon Willis, Admirals Sir Geoffrey Miles and Sir Guy Russell and Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge) in the two ships, the spirit, discipline and humour of the ships companies and the operations of the Italian navy and Axis air forces in the Mediterranean. With the diaries are some anecdotal ts memoirs (70pp) of his naval career, 1919 - 1956, with especial reference to his service as a midshipman in the battle cruiser HOOD (1922 - 1924) and as torpedo officer with a submarine flotilla in Home waters (1934 - 1936) and his life in industry after retiring from the Royal Navy (1957 - 1969).

MakerName
Blundell

Forenames
G C

Honours
CBE RN

Style
Captain

RelatedIWMItems
See DPH HU 51977-51978 and Ronald Careless, BATTLESHIP NELSON (London: Arms & Armour Press,1985)

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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DeptName
Documents

IDNO
4489

OtherNumber
82/33/1

ItemName
Private Papers of W S Smith

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
A collection of 8 ms letters (29pp in all) to his mother in Middlesex, the first, undated letter referring to aspects of his training as a naval rating in the United Kingdom and the remainder to his service as an ordinary seaman in the monitor HMS EREBUS during and after her passage via the Cape from this country to Trincomalee, Ceylon, December 1941 - April 1942. The correspondence includes some useful details about his duties and routine in the ship and also offers an insight into a civilian in uniform's reactions to life on the lower deck and the progress of the war, while there are good descriptions of the generous hospitality extended to the ship's company at Cape Town and Durban, South Africa. Smith was killed in action during the major Japanese air raid on Ceylon on 9 April 1942.

MakerName
Smith

Forenames
W S

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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Documents

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Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
6566

OtherNumber
79/13/1

ItemName
Private Papers of C R Thomas

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Photocopied ts transcript (165pp) of letters written to his family during his service as a Wireless Telegraphist in the Royal Navy, September 1934 - April 1942, covering his training in Portsmouth and then service in the light cruiser HMS LEANDER in the Mediterranean, including an account of the early days of the Spanish Civil War, 1935 - 1937, his service in the Royal Naval Wireless Station in Hong Kong during which his letters mention the Sino-Japanese War, 1937 - 1939, his subsequent service in the light cruiser HMS CAPETOWN in the Mediterranean, including his account of the landings at Mersa Kuba, and finally in the aircraft carrier HMS HERMES in the Indian Ocean from July 1941 until his death when the ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft outside Trincomalee Harbour on 9 April 1942; the letters say little about his duties but are interesting because of his political and social observations about naval and colonial life.

MakerName
Thomas

Forenames
C R

Honours
RN

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
8436

OtherNumber
99/35/1-4

ItemName
Private Papers of R D King-Harman

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Collection of over 950 very informative and well-written letters (mainly ms, some ts) written to his parents covering his life and training as a cadet at the Royal Naval Colleges Osborne (1904 - 1906) and Dartmouth (1906 - 1908) and in the training cruiser HMS CUMBERLAND (1908), his service as a midshipman in the Home Fleet battleships HMS LORD NELSON and HMS SUPERB, the cruiser HMS ACHILLES and the destroyer HMS TEVIOT (1909 - 1911), as a Sub Lieutenant in the destroyers HMS FOYLE and HMS ERNE in Home waters (1912) and on the East Indies Station in the light cruiser HMS FOX and at a naval camp in Ceylon (1912 - 1914), as a watchkeeping Lieutenant in HMS ALBEMARLE, 6th Battle Squadron, Grand Fleet (July 1914 - February 1915), as 1st Lieutenant of HMS MIDGE (4th Destroyer Flotilla, Grand Fleet) including her part in the Battle of Jutland (February 1915 - June 1916) and of HMS PELLEW, 14th Destroyer Flotilla, Grand Fleet (June - August 1916), as assistant navigating officer of the Grand Fleet battleship HMS ERIN (August - September 1916), as navigating officer of the Dover Patrol destroyer HMS SWIFT including her celebrated action on 20 - 21 April 1917 with some German destroyers (October 1916 - December 1918), as navigating officer of the minesweeper HMS SHERBORNE, employed on mine clearance in Home waters (February - November 1919), on attachment to the Royal Australian Navy as navigating officer of the sloop HMAS GERANIUM and the light cruiser HMAS SYDNEY (1920 - 1923), as a watchkeeping officer in the Mediterranean Fleet light cruiser HMS COMUS and the light cruiser HMS WEYMOUTH (1923 - 1924), as navigating officer of the cruiser HMS CARLISLE on the China Station (1925 - 1927) and of the target ship HMS CENTURION in Home waters (1927); his recall when on the retired list and appointments in command of the auxiliary minelayer HMS TEVIOTBANK in Home and northern waters (September 1939 - August 1942), the armed merchant cruiser HMS CHESHIRE in the South Atlantic (November 1942 - July 1943) and as Senior British Naval Officer, Azores (January 1944 - June 1945), together with a few associated items of official correspondence, 13 naval signals relating to the pursuit and sinking of the German battleship BISMARCK (May 1941), a privately printed history (67pp) of HMS TEVIOTBANK written in 1978 by a former member of her ship's company and a ts biography (26pp) of Captain King-Harman compiled by his son in 1998. The correspondence provides a mass of valuable professional detail and sometimes critical comment about many aspects of the service life of a naval officer of his generation, and also contains excellent descriptions of particular events, such as some of the annual naval manoeuvres before 1914 and the Battle of Jutland.

MakerName
King-Harman

Forenames
R D

Honours
DSO DSC RN

Style
Captain

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue and DPH Q 18213 and DOC 621

RelatedTextFile
KingHarman.doc

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
8504

OtherNumber
99/75/1

ItemName
Private Papers of W A Green

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Ms diary (100pp) for August 1914 - May 1915, possibly initially kept by another rating, with daily entries covering his service as a Royal Fleet Reserve able seaman in the battleship HMS CANOPUS, which was deployed on covering the passage of the BEF to France (August 1914), then as a guardship in the South Atlantic and South American waters carrying out shipping examination duties, but was also involved marginally in the Battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands (September 1914 - January 1915), and finally with the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron during the Dardanelles operations on patrol duties and bombardment of the Turkish forts and in support of the Allied landings (March - May 1915). The diary also occasionally gives vent to lower deck frustrations over the shortage of rations, unwarranted punishments, inconsiderate behaviour by the officers and the preferential treatment of German survivors of the Falklands action.

MakerName
Green

Forenames
W A

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

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23/06/2006 12:46:31

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Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
11488

OtherNumber
82/10/1 & Con Shelf

ItemName
Private Papers of W Batters

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Two ms memoirs (188pp [revised into 118pp] and 287pp), written in the 1960s and duplicating each other in places, covering in particular his childhood and working life in Glasgow during the depression (1914 - 1936), his enlistment in the Glasgow Division RNVR and decision to join the the Shipwright/Artificer Branch of the Royal Navy (1935 - 1936) and his subsequent service, eventually as a Petty Officer, in the fleet repair ship HMS RESOURCE in the Mediterranean at the time of the Spanish Civil War (April - November 1937); in the elderly cruiser HMS DANAE from January 1939 - June 1941, including patrol and escort duties on the South African Station (September - October 1939) and with the China Fleet (December 1939 - June 1941); in the new battleship HMS HOWE (June 1942 - December 1943), employed with the Home Fleet on the distant escort of North Russian convoys and then in the Mediterranean during the concluding stages of the Italian campaign; in the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces at Kure, Japan, where he did the sanitary engineering for a naval barracks then under construction (June 1946 - September 1947); and his life as a civilian sanitary engineer and sewage works manager in Malaya (1953 - 1955). The memoirs, which include a wealth of information about every aspect of lower deck life, are accompanied by a large number of related papers, including his official service records (1935 - 1949), his original ms diary (July 1939 - April 1940), an incomplete ms letter home (August 1940) and a draft ms letter to his MP (May 1941) commenting on conditions in the Royal Navy in wartime, correspondence concerning the history of HMS DANAE (1924 - 1974), correspondence with Lord Mountbatten and his household about naval matters (1964 - 1980), with the Right Reverend Gerald Ellison (1971 - 1992) and Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse (1976 - 1977) about their time in HMS HOWE in 1942 - 1943, further reminiscences, published articles and newspaper articles about his naval service, and his Ditty Box with many of its original contents (ca 1935 - 1949).

MakerName
Batters

Forenames
W

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue

RelatedTextFile
WBatters.doc

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
21103

ProductionDate
1/Mar/2001

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexPeople
Harrison, John xxx

IndexPlaces
GB, England
GB, England & Farnborough, Hants
GB, England & Weymouth, Dorset
GB, Scotland
GB, Scotland & Scapa Flow
GB, Scotland & Rosyth
GB, Scotland & Firth of Forth
GB, Scotland & Greenock
AC

IndexUnits
GB.O & Royal Aircraft Establishment
GB.N & Belfast
GB.N & Curacoa
GB.N & Atherstone
DE.O & Ship, Cap Nord
GB.A & Royal Artillery, Mounted Band

ShortSummary
British petty officer served aboard HMS Belfast in GB coastal waters, 1939

FullSummary
REEL 1 Recollections of period as civilian living at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough from 1917: memories of Cody trees; sight of crash of the Tarrant experimental aircraft, 8/4/1919; death of early parachutist; measured mile; sight of Alan Cobham's autogiro; memories of the Wood Scawen brothers; enlistment with Royal Artillery Mounted Band at Aldershot; contact with German POWs, c1918-1919; character of the Aldershot tattoo; employment with Royal Aircraft Establishment. Aspects of enlistment and training as Petty Officer Ordnance Artificer with Royal Navy, 1939: required number of teeth; character of trade test; gun test; recommissioning HMS Curacoa c1939.
REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of operations as Petty Officer Ordnance Artificer aboard HMS Belfast, 1939: drafting to ship; station on board ship between A Turret and B Turret; character of gun turret; shake down cruise in North Sea, c9/1939; boarding of Cap Nord, 2/9/1939; move to duty station in Denmark Strait; incident of escorting drunks back to ship at Scapa Flow, 9/1939; question of sinking of Royal Oak, 10/1939; move to Rosyth; memories of mining of HMS Belfast in Forth of Firth; problems of attempting to contact wife by telephone after sinking; damage that occurred to turret; condition of ship after the mining; contrast between riveted and welded ships; attitude to serving on board HMS Belfast.
REEL 3 Continues: atmosphere on arrival on board ship; role in charge of A and B Turret; character of wedge pump; repairing of wedge pump in A Turret; sensation when guns fired; ranks on board ship; naval branches; degree of contact between ranks; watch system on board; role of Royal Marines on board ship; messing; sleeping arrangements; hygiene and clothing; naval discipline; role of master at arms and regulating branch; rum ration.
REEL 4 Continues: Aspects of operations as Chief Ordnance Artificer aboard HMS Atherstone, 1940: character of ship; method of checking Para veins; de-gaussing of ship; effect of eating crab at Weymouth; effect of headaches caused by mining of HMS Belfast; duties on board. Hospitalisation for effects of mining of HMS Belfast. Aspects of period as Chief Ordnance Artificer on shore duties in Glasgow, 1940-1945: duties; amusing story of circumstances of meeting with senior officer; story of his continuing interest in gunnery. Comments of changes in HMS Belfast since 1939 including silhouette and camouflage. Reaction to preservation of HMS Belfast. Story of dealing with guns oiled with linseed oil.
REEL 5 Continues: Story of witnessing French destroyer that torpedoed itself in Greenock, 1940. Attitude to having served with Royal Navy and HMS Belfast during Second World War.

ContextDescription
Naval Operations: HMS Belfast

Duration
150

NumberOfParts
5

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Harrison, John

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Male

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
Photograph (1939) in file

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021103S02.mp3
021103S03.mp3
021103S04.mp3
021103S05.mp3
021103S06.mp3
021103S07.mp3
021103S08.mp3
Harrison-waratsea.mp3
Harrison2-waratsea.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
LifeAtSea
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Sound

IDNO
21735

ProductionDate
18/Jul/2001

ObjectType
IWM interview

IndexObjects
submarine detection equipment, British: Asdic

IndexPeople
Shrimpton, Bob 'Ping' xxx
Squires, Reg

IndexPlaces
GB, England
GB, England & Fleet, Hants
GB, England & Fleet Pond, Hants
GB, England & Reading, Berks
GB, England & Portsmouth, Hants
GB, England & South Shields, Co Durham
GB, Scotland
GB, Scotland & Campbeltown
GB, Scotland & Scapa Flow
AI
AI & Bear Rock
FR
FR & Normandy
FR & Arromanches
CN
CN & Shanghai

IndexUnits
GB.N & Ship, Belfast
GB.O & Home Guard, Fleet, Coy Headquarters
GB.O & Movement, Scouting
GB.O & Association, Belfast
GB.F & RAF Odiham
GB.N & Training Establishment, Collingwood
GB.N & Asdic Training Centre, Nimrod
GB.N & Fleet, Home
GB.N & Ship, Boxer
GB.N & Ship, Swift
FR.N & Ship, L'Comprise
DE.N & Ship, Scharnhorst

ShortSummary
British civilian in Fleet, GB, 1939-1942 including service with Home Guard; seaman served as asdic operator aboard L'Comprise in Atlantic, 1942; served aboard HMS Belfast in Arctic, during Normandy landings and in Far East, 1942-1945

FullSummary
REEL 1 Recollections of background in Fleet, 1925-1939: family; character of Fleet; parent's employment; education; sporting activities; character of Empire Day; early interest in Royal Navy; presence of retired officers in area; membership of Scouting movement; father's interest in motorcycling; anticipation of outbreak of Second World War, 1939; memories of Munich Crisis, 1938. Recollections of period as civilian living in Fleet, 1939-1941: reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; introduction of flag days; hording of supplies; fitting blackout curtains; precautions against air raids; community spirit.
REEL 2 Continues: leaving school, 9/1939; employment in engineering firm; fire watching duties; amusing story of driving Bren gun carrier into a press in factory; atmosphere in factory; lack of air raid shelters in factory; delay in receiving war news; attitude towards Hitler and Mussolini; conditions during winter, 1939-1940; adapting to rationing; following events of the Battle of River Platte; role of Scout Movement in aiding Home Guard; attitude of troops returning to Dunkirk; importance of Churchill's voice; community feeling towards war; case of retired officer who marked up map of defences; strength of Home Guard; draining of Fleet pond; German Air Force attacks on Fleet area; attitude towards Germans.
REEL 3 Continues: further details of items found during draining of Fleet Pond; supplementing rations; governmental nutritional advice; need for adaptability amongst civilians; job in factory; atmosphere in factory. Aspects of period with Headquarters Coy, Fleet Home Guard, 1940-1942: role as grenade thrower; drill for operating grenade thrower; training exercises; initial equipment in Home Guard; strength of his company; training exercise which involved raid on RAF Odiham; estimation of projected role of Home Guard; training with and cleaning rifles; bayonet practice; equipment of Home Guard.
REEL 4 Continues: grenade practice; anti-gas training; uniform worn; visit by senior officer. Recollections of period as civilian living in Fleet, 1941-1942: civilian reaction to loss of HMS Hood, 5/1941; listening to Lord Haw Haw; visits to cinema; military units based in Fleet area; civilian relations with troops based in Fleet area; effect on schoolmaster of loss of his son on HMS Barham; growing realisation that battleships were not unsinkable. Recollections of enlistment and training with Royal Navy, 1942: volunteering for Royal Navy in Reading; mother's reaction to his joining Royal Navy; character of medical; awareness of recruitment officer that he was taking an underage volunteer.
REEL 5 Continues: reporting to HMS Collingwood; character of CW candidates; issue of uniform and equipment; question of how some of recruits not prepared for basic training; daily routine; assessment of recruits; physical training; training with knots; boat training; reaction testing; weapons training; unarmed combat training; character of instructors and treatment of recruits; layout of camp; accommodation in Nissen huts; emphasis of cleanliness; structure of command; learning naval insignia; lack of anti-gas training; relations with fellow recruits; rations available.
REEL 6 Continues: guard duties; sporting activities; boxing activities; method used by instructors to settle disputes amongst recruits; method of administering inoculations. Recollections of period training as asdic operator at HMS Nimrod, 1942: posting to HMS Nimrod at Campbeltown c8/1942; ablution facilities; character of accommodation; use of trawlers and yachts for asdic training; lectures prior to sea training; interpreting underwater sound; recording of underwater sounds; operation of Asdic equipment; meeting with schoolfriend, Reg Squires.
REEL 7 Continues: asdic training on board trawlers in Irish Sea; distinguishing between different engine noises; range of asdic; dealing with underwater obstacles; use of asdic for echo sounding; crew of the trawlers; length of training and degree of confidence; importance of physical coordination and fitness; brief drafting to HMS Osprey, 9/1942. Recollections of operations as asdic operator aboard French destroyer, L'Comprise in Arctic, 1942: initial role fitting asdic training; division of crew between French and British personnel; initial state of cleanliness on board ship; attitude of French seaman to war; character of the ship; reaction of crew to instillation of asdic equipment and asdic operators; convoy duties from GB to Russia via Iceland; degree of preparations for Arctic service; evading German reconnaissance aircraft; fatigue experienced during first convoy.
REEL 8 Continues: dealing with fatigue; results of asdic during first convoy; use of asdic during attacks on submarines; method of regaining contact with submarine after loss of contact; role of ship off Bear Rock; return to Portsmouth and drafting to HMS Belfast. Recollections of operations as asdic operator aboard HMS Belfast, 1942-1945: arrival on board and familiarisation with ship; actions station and watch duties; opinion of officers; character of the ship; ship's camouflage; organisation of crew on board ship.
REEL 9 Continues: Admiral's staff on board ship; relations between Admiral and Captain of ship; role of midshipmen; naval ratings; adjusting to hierarchy of ship; reasons for ship being a happy one; role of Royal Marines; relations between seaman and marines; naval branches on board; organisation of branches; personal responsibilities; use of daily roster.
REEL 10 Continues: watch system; state of readiness; accommodation on board ship; his mess deck; use of hammocks; personal hygiene; character of showers; central messing; rum ration; rations available; items available from NAAFI; rations available to officers; medical personnel on board; occasion when he was sent to sickbay.
REEL 11 Continues: coping with cold weather conditions; fitting arctic steam pipes; role of masters at arms; naval discipline on board ship; Sunday divisions; religious facilities; rum ration; traditions of make and mend, 'All hands to clean ship' and 'Crossing the line'; activities whilst off duty; communication with family and need for security; question of what makes a happy ship.
REEL 12 Continues: convoy duties to Arctic; forming screen to intercept Scharnhorst; sight of Scharnhorst by light of star shell; Scharnhorst's turning away from action with flotilla; tracking Scharnhorst by radar; role of ship during action against Scharnhorst; procedure for reporting sight of Scharnhorst; arrival of the Home Fleet; sight of Scharnhorst sinking; reaction of ship's crew to sinking of Scharnhorst; realisation of importance of sinking of Scharnhorst; sight of German POWs on board ship; realisation of the vulnerability of capital ships; reaction to lack of sinkings in convoy; arrival back in Scapa Flow; return to convoy escort duties; dealing with boredom at sea; method of refitting ships; care and maintenance parties.
REEL 13 Continues: updating asdic equipment and other modifications to ship at South Shields, early 1944; process of decommissioning; adjusting to leave; arrival of new crew and working up period; loading up with ammunition, rations and medical supplies; orders to escort landing craft to Normandy, 4/6/1944; Captain's method of calming rough seas around landing craft; opening fire on German positions at Arromanches, D-Day, 6/6/1944; accuracy of ship's gunnery; sight of D-Day landings, 6/6/1944; sight of monitor HMS Boxer; importance of ship's maintaining their station; technique for dealing with German submarines; duties on D-Day, 6/6/1944; Allied air activity, 6/6/1944; reaction to lull in fighting four days after landings; role of ship off Normandy, 6/1944; return to Portsmouth and Scapa Flow, 7/1944; sinking of HMS Swift by magnetic mine; dealing with infantry casualties; role of ship as flag ship; sailing for Far East, 7/1944.
REEL 14 Continues: change in personnel for Far East commission; shipping in Mediterranean, 1944; arrival in Indian Ocean, early 1945; convoy protection in Pacific, 1945; Japanese experience of submarine warfare; detecting Japanese submarines; story of drinking with Fiji Police; contact with US Navy; reaction of crew to end of war in Europe, 5/1945; reaction to dropping of the atomic bombs, 8/1945; move to Shanghai, 8/1945; conditions in Shanghai; contracting tropical disease from Japanese POWs in Singapore. Story of hospitalisation, return to GB and reasons for medical release, 1945. Demobilisation process, 1945.
REEL 15 Continues: Attitude to having served with HMS Belfast during Second World War. Formation of HMS Belfast Association and preservation of HMS Belfast.

ContextDescription
Naval Operations, 1939-1945: Atlantic, 1939-1945
Naval Operations, 1939-1945: Arctic, 1941-1945
Naval Operations, 1939-1945: Normandy, 1944
Naval Operations: HMS Belfast

Duration
440

NumberOfParts
15

OtherFormats
None

MakerName
Shrimpton, Bob 'Ping'

ProductionCompany
IWM

MakerGender
Male

Language
English

RelatedIWMItems
Photo (1940s) in file

RelatedSoundFile
021735S01.mp3
021735S02.mp3
021735S03.mp3
021735S04.mp3
021735S05.mp3
021735S06.mp3
021735S07.mp3
021735S08.mp3
021735S09.mp3
021735S10.mp3
021735S11.mp3
021735S12.mp3
Shrimpton1-waratsea.mp3
Shrimpton2-waratsea.mp3

Weighting
750
900

SubThemeTag
LifeAtSea
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
Published

UncatTransferDate
17 November 2006

URLEncodedDeptName
Sound

Access
IWM copyright

Nationality
British

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FLA 242

ItemName
Flag, Ensign,White Ensign, Royal Navy

IndexUnits
GB.N & HMS Birkenhead

FullSummary
White Ensign flown by HMS Birkenhead at the Surrender of the High Seas Fleet, 21 November 1918.
The light cruiser HMS Birkenhead was completed in 1915. She joined the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, Grand Fleet and fought at Jutland in 1916. Her main armament was 10 x 5.5 inch guns. The Armistice with Imperial Germany came into effect on 11 November, 1918, and Article XXIII of the terms demanded the surrender of the bulk of the High Seas Fleet. At dawn on the 21 November, 370 ships of the Grand Fleet escorted 16 capital ships, 7 cruisers and 49 destroyers of the High Seas Fleet into internment in Scapa Flow, and marked the end of German sea power at this time.
This White Ensign was donated to the Imperial War Museum in 1978.

RelatedIWMItems
FLA 240

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
FLA 979

ItemName
flag, British, White Ensign, HMS Iron Duke

ObjectType
flag

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy & HMS Iron Duke

FullSummary
The White Ensign is worn by all HM Ships in commission and by all Royal Navy shore establishments. Some Civilian authorities with Naval connections, for example the Royal Yacht Squadron, and the Imperial War Museum's ship HMS Belfast, have permission to use this ensign in special circumstances. The present design dates from 1801. The Iron Duke Class of battleships of the 1911 programme were the third and last group of British 13.5inch gun Dreadnoughts and the last British battleships to burn coal. HMS Iron Duke, built by Cammell Laird at Portsmouth was launched on 12 October 1912. In August 1914 she became flagship of the Home Fleet and flagship of the Commander in Chief, Grand Fleet, Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. HMS Iron Duke saw action at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. It is believed that this White Ensign was flown by HMS Iron Duke during the Battle of Jutland. During the Second World War HMS Iron Duke served as a depot ship. She was bombed and damaged at Scapa Flow in October 1939 and had to be beached but continued in service until the end of the war. She was sold for scrap in 1946.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
flag, White Ensign in bunting material. The flag, which is 12ft broad by 6ft wide, is extensively smoke-stained.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MAR 6

ItemName
ship's bell, SMS Baden

ObjectType
bell

IndexPlaces
North Sea and Scapa Flow.

IndexUnits
DE.N & Imperial German Navy

FullSummary
SMS Baden was Bayern-class battleship & was, with the Bayern, the only 15-inch gunned battleship in the Imperial German Navy. She displaced 31,960 tons deep load, and her dimensions were 589 ft 10 ins x 98 ft 5 ins x 27 ft 8ins. Baden could make 21 knots and was armed with 8 x 38 cm (15 in) guns (4 x 2), 16 x 15 cm guns, 8x 8.8 cm guns and 5 x 60 cm torpedoes (submerged). From March 1917 SMS Baden was the flagship of the High Seas Fleet. In November 1918 she surrendered at Scapa Flow, and was scuttled in June 1919. She was beached and saved by the British and used for evaluation trials, finally being used as a gunnery target and sunk in 1921.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
brass bell, engraved 'SMS Baden'. The bell, which is 26.5 ins by 33 ins, weighs 160 kg.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
UNI 1067

ItemName
coat, full dress, Admiral of the Fleet, Royal Navy

ObjectType
uniform

IndexPeople
Willis, Algernon (Admiral of the Fleet, Sir)

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy

FullSummary
This particular form of dress, with minor modifications according to the rank of the wearer, was worn by all commissioned officers in the Royal Navy up until the outbreak of the Second World War. The wearing of Full Dress went into abeyance in 1939 and, apart from making an appearance at the Coronation of HM Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953, has not been worn since. Officer's of Flag Rank and above now wear a simplified form of Full Dress which is called Ceremonial Day Dress. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon Usborne Willis GCB KBE DSO (1889-) was educated at Eastbourne College and `HMS Britannia'. He joined the Royal Navy in 1904. During the First World War, during which he was Mentioned in Despatches) he served at Jutland and, in 1919-20, was in the Baltic with the Destroyer Flotilla where he won a DSO (1920). Promoted Captain in 1929, by the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, he was a Commodore 1st Class serving as Chief of Staff to the C in C Mediterranean. Promoted Rear Admiral in 1940, he was C in C South Atlantic 1941-42 (Acting Vice Admiral 1941) and Second in Command of the Eastern Fleet 1942. Promoted Vice Admiral in 1943, that year he became Flag Officer Commanding Force `H' in the Mediterranean and was C in C Levant. From 1944-46 he was Second Sea Lord and Chief of Personnel in the rank of Admiral. From 1946-48 he was C in C Mediterranean. Willis was C in C Portsmouth from 1948-50. Admiral of the Fleet (1949). MID (twice 1939-45) (CB (Mil) 1940; KCB (Mil) 1943; KBE (Mil) 1945; GCB (Mil) 1947.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
blue doeskin cloth double-breasted, eight buttoned tail coat lined in white kerseymere cloth. White cloth collar with slightly rounded corner and fitted with a black silk tongue and fastened at the bottom with one hook and eye. Two inch high collar embroidered in an oak leaf pattern in gold on white cloth. The cuffs of the coat in blue cloth with a white slash embroidered in an oak leaf pattern in gold without edging and with one broad ring of gold lace and four narrow rings of gold lace with the executive branch curl in gold lace above. The flaps on the rear of the skirt of the coat laced all round with 13/4 inch lace. A row of 1 inch lace encircles the hip buttons. Buttons in gilt with a foul anchor surmounted by a crown and circled by oak leaves. On the shoulders, loops for the attachment of bullion epaulettes worked in gold lace embroidered with gold oak leaf and acorns with pearl crescent and an edging of gold. On the epaulette, in silver, a crown, the Royal Cypher and crossed batons surrounded by a wreath of laurel. The bullion comprises a row of loose dead and bright bullions, 3 inches deep; the outer row with 20 bullions, 1 3/8 inch in circumference; the inner row with 19 bullions 27/48th inch in circumference.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
WEA 875

ItemName
Imperial Russian Naval dirk with scabbard and sling

ObjectType
knife

IndexUnits
Imperial Russian Navy & Naval Guard Equipage (Gvardeiskii Ekipazh)

FullSummary
This dirk was the property of Moritz Georgievich Knupffer (1882-1955), a member of the Imperial Russian Naval Guard Equipage - the naval element of the Imperial Guard. In 1905 Knupffer was captured by the Japanese after his ship was sunk at the Battle of Tsushima. After his return to Russia he became captain of the Tsar's yacht 'Standart'. Later he was attached to the Academy of the Naval General Staff. In 1917 he was made an Admiral, and was captured by the Germans while in command of the defences of the Gulf of Riga. In 1918 he returned to his native Estonia, and fought against the Bolsheviks with the White forces under General Yudenich. In 1919 he emigrated to Britain, settling in London.

ProductionCompany
F Fichte, Solingen,Germany

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
Dirk with leather scabbard and velvet hanging strap. Dirk has blade etched with naval motifs, bone grip and gilt brass mounts, with the cypher of Tsar Nicholas II embossed on the pommel.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
EPH 3240

ItemName
rum jar

ObjectType
misc

IndexPlaces
Gibraltar

IndexUnits
GB.N

FullSummary
Naval rum jar from Gibraltar used during the 1960's.
The daily tot of the rum issue had bargaining power among the ratings and as soon as the tot was drawn it was handed over to the person granting a favour who drank most of it but was expected to hand back a token to be 'seen off' by the donor. During the Second World War 'Hostilities Only' ratings introduced their own version of tot barter by stipulating the quantity of the issue they were prepared to offer and they were categorised as 'sippers' or 'gulpers' depending on how much was taken. This practice was regarded with disgust by long service ratings.
The Navy's rum was originally from Jamaica but more recently was made up from a blend of rums from Demerara, Trinidad and Barbados. It arrived in the victualling yards at 140 degrees over proof, it was then watered down to a strength of 95.5 degrees under proof before being issued.
The rum issue was abolished on 1 August 1970 and in compensation £72,000 was given to the new Sailor's Fund to be used for the benefit of the ratings. Chief and Petty Officers were now allowed to buy spirits in their messes, previously only allowed to officers and junior ratings were allowed an increased ration of tinned beer.
Rum is still used to 'Splice the Main Brace' when each officer and rating is issued with one-eighth of a pint of spirits or 12 ounces of beer if spirits are unavailable.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

Access
Access restrictions may apply

DeptName
Film

IDNO
UKY 1233

ProductionDate
1943

ItemName
MEET THE SHIP [Main]

IndexObjects
aircraft, British - seaplane: Supermarine Walrus
operations, British naval - routine
society, British naval - domestic
training, British naval

IndexUnits
GB.N

ShortSummary
A Naval instructional film: an old salt (a Gunnery Petty Officer) 'conjures up' a conducted tour of a representative cruiser, «HMS London» in Scapa Flow, for a young man about to enter the Navy.

FullSummary
The deck fittings, armament, bridge and other superstructure (of «HMS London» after refit) are studied from bow to stern, with the 'tour' interrupted by film illustrating the working of equipment: an anti-aircraft action, the launching and recovery of a Walrus reconnaissance plane, the firing of torpedoes etc. Brief explanations of the physical structure of the ship and of the electrical systems on which its 'life' depends are introduced into a below decks tour which shows a lower steering position and the engine room, and gives a cursory impression of crew's quarters etc. Besides basic knowledge of ship's equipment, the film also seeks to convey a few more abstract lessons on naval vocabulary, customs (role of Marines), traditions (feature film footage of 19th Century naval battle) and emotions, particularly the sailor's feeling of attachment to 'his' ship. Summing up the complexity and potential of the modern war ship, the Petty Officer tells the youth "the rest is up to you, son".

ContextDescription
Documentation/associated material: COI file - script

Duration
30 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
4

Dimensions
2875 ft

ProductionSponsor
Admiralty

ProductionCompany
Verity

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
UPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
FAL 8005

ProductionDate
1982

ItemName
[FALKLANDS WAR] [Allocated]
[RICHARD ELLIOTT AMATEUR FILM OF FALKLANDS WAR 1982] [Alternative]

ShortSummary
Amateur colour film taken on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary «Sir Geraint» of the journey to the Falkland Islands in April 1982, the landings and subsequent Argentinian Air Force attacks in San Carlos Bay in May.

FullSummary
(Reel 1) CU of landing ship Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) «Sir Galahad» (L3005) leaving Plymouth (April). Helicopters on deck are seen with troops at attention lining ship's rail, as the ship passes the camera. RFA «Sir Percival» (L3036) at sea, two days out. Men at exercise on deck. Flight Deck Officer (FDO) climbs into a Westland Gazelle helicopter. Other Gazelles on deck. CU of RFA «Sir Percival» alongside camera ship. Good shots of Gazelle on deck of «Sir Geraint» and take-off. Wessex helicopter ferries supplies to distant ship.
Crossing the line ceremony. Neptune (Lieutenant Jackson) and others (Sergeant Major Gilbert wearing bra) duck first-timers.
MS Ascension Island. Pan of fleet at anchor. Men unloading and transferring stores via motorised raft. Landing craft F4 from «HMS Fearless» comes alongside with men and equipment onboard. MS of «SS Canberra». Evening shot, in silhouette, of a helicopter coming into land on the deck of «Sir Geraint». FDO waves it down. Helicopters (Gazelle/Sea King/Wessex) ashore on runway with Hercules transport aircraft in the background. REME personnel at work on helicopters.
On board «Sir Geraint». REME personnel play up to the camera. Sunset at sea. Westland Wessex helicopter flies over with a Gazelle helicopter slung beneath and deposits it on «Sir Geraint». Signalling with lamp from «Sir Geraint» to ships in line astern. Helicopters (Sea Kings?) ferrying items between ships. Drone launched from RFA «Sir Geraint» for target practice. Explosions in air as ships fire on the drone. On deck, CU of missile being loaded into missile launcher on Gazelle. MS of Gazelle taking off from deck, which then overflies the ship and test fires its missiles. The helicopter then returns to «Sir Geraint».
(Reel 2). Newspaper headline (Daily Mirror) 'HMS Sheffield is sunk'. CU of a slightly tattered Blue Ensign (flown on vessels commanded by officers of Royal Naval Reserve) flying. Ships in line ahead and astern.
Gazelle prepared for take-off in rough weather. Good shots of preparations, take-off and return. CU loading missile into missile launcher on Gazelle. Pan of fleet at sea.
Dawn sequence in San Carlos Bay, as Gazelle comes into land on RFA «Sir Geraint». A Sea King flies low over the sea. LS of Fanning Head at the far end of San Carlos Bay, with a ship at anchor in the distance. D-Day. Stores, equipment and vehicles are lifted ashore by Sea King helicopters. Good shots of unloading from RFA «Sir Geraint». An Argentinian Mirage fighter aircraft flies low over the fleet and the bay. Bomb splashes are seen around the ship, as ships at anchor fire on the aircraft.
LS of Fanning Head with ship, «HMS Argonaut», on fire in the distance. CU damaged «HMS Argonaut» on 1st/2nd day after attack (23/24 May), the hole in ship's hull clearly seen.
«HMS Antelope» on the morning of 24 May, the day after the unexploded Argentinian bomb detonated, showing blackened and smoking superstructure, filmed from RFA «Sir Geraint».
Pan of fleet. Bofors gun onboard «Sir Geraint» manned by Royal Navy personnel.
MS of «HMS Antelope», with smoke pouring from her superstructure, the bows and stern slowly raise, as she splits in two and sinks, 24 May.
Rainbow in San Carlos Bay. Personnel from A-Flight 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron climb aboard a Sea King helicopter D+3. Ashore, San Carlos settlement after an air raid D+4/5. Digging slit trenches. Pan of the bay. Gurkhas and Scots Guards manning guns. Troops moving out in file.
On board «Sir Geraint» D-Day 21 May. REME men oversee one of the first lifts ashore; guns are lifted off by a Sea King. Bomb splashes in the sea, as an Argentinian aircraft streaks over and is hit by a missile(?). The aircraft tumbles from the sky into the sea. Further bomb splashes around ships at anchor, as an Argentinian aircraft flies very low and straddles a ship with bombs. The aircraft (or another?) is hit by a missile and explodes.
Captain D E Lawrence (DSC) of RFA «Sir Geraint». A fully armed unit boards a Sea King and is ferried ashore. Ashore four days later (25 May?) showing troops dug in and a Gazelle helicopter hidden in a dip between hills. A REME unit plays cricket at the base of Mount Kent (c.30 May). Shot of camouflaged base camp and stores. Men look up, as two Argentinian aircraft fly low between the hills.
Damaged Argentinian helicopters and equipment are seen strewn on the ground and British troops stand around. A destroyed Argentinian tank, with more wrecked helicopters and equipment. Smoke rises from a nearby building.
A pan of a settlement (San Carlos?). Ships in the bay at sunset.

ContextDescription
Summary: Richard Elliott was a Staff Sergeant in REME (Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)attached to A Flight 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron on board Royal Fleet Auxilliary «Sir Geraint».
Technical: shot on Super 8mm, blown up to 16mm.

Duration
30 mins

Format
Super 8mm
16mm

Colour
Colour

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
2

Dimensions
700 ft (8mm)
1290 ft (16mm)

ProductionTeam
Elliott, Richard: cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

RelatedIWMItems
Audiotape description held on cassette

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
EndOfEmpire
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/01/2009 05:50:10

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
NON-IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
COI 425

ProductionDate
1956

ItemName
SPRING CRUISE [Main]

IndexObjects
operations, British naval - routine
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, light: Bulwark
ships, British naval - cruiser: Ceylon
ships, British naval - harbour: Maidstone
society, British naval - friendship
society, West Indian - friendship
training, British naval - combat
training, Canadian naval - combat

IndexPlaces
Canada & Halifax, NS
Atlantic Ocean
Bermuda
West Indies

IndexUnits
GB.N & Bulwark
GB.N & Ceylon
GB.N & Maidstone
CA.N

ShortSummary
Ships of the British Home Fleet pay goodwill visits to islands in the West Indies and then join Canadian ships for joint exercise in the North Atlantic.

FullSummary
After some scenes from the outward voyage (including refuelling of a destroyer by a fleet auxiliary at sea) the film reports on the visits of various ships (mainly «HMS Ceylon», «Bulwark» and «Maidstone») to Jamaica, Grenada, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Aruba, and Trinidad (open days, friendly sporting fixtures, entertainments, tourism etc). The reunited fleet heads north, calling at Bermuda; the film at this stage illustrates various duties and activities on board: signalling, meteorological operations, laundry, galley, NAAFI, medical facilities, delivery of mail, issue of rum ration. Rendezvous with the Canadians is made at Halifax, and the exercises (mainly anti-submarine) take place, guns, torpedoes and depth charges, Sea Hawk, Sea Venom (and Tracker?) aircraft are all used (but not linked by film into any pattern). The fleets separate with cheers, the "dual purpose" of Naval training and a mission of goodwill having been "served well."

ContextDescription
Remarks: fair only; treatment of everything is superficial.

Duration
22 mins

Format
16mm

Colour
Colour

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
798 ft

ProductionSponsor
Central Office of Information
Admiralty

ProductionCompany
Victor M Gover and Co ("Technical service by")

ProductionTeam
Bowden, Dennis: film editor
Naval cameramen: photography

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
20/02/2009 05:50:26

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
IWM 843

ProductionDate
1920

ItemName
50,000 MILES WITH THE PRINCE OF WALES [Main]

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - battleship: Renown
ships, Australian naval - battleship: Australia
ships, British naval - battleship: Australia
delegations, British Imperial - goodwill
delegations, British international - goodwill
journalism and record, British - cameraman
journalism and record, international - cameraman
journalism and record, international - press
ceremonies, Fijian - customary: welcome
society, Fijian - ethnic
society, Fijian - sustenance: Kava
society, New Zealand - ethnic
ceremonies, Australian - customary: maypole dance
recreation, British naval - tourism
animals, mammals: kangaroo
animals, mammals: wallaby
animals, mammals: water buffalo
animals, birds: flamingo
agriculture, Australian - arable
transport, Australian civilian - rail
transport, British civilian - rail
society, Australian - ethnic
animals, reptiles
animals, birds: emu
animals, birds
ceremonies, British - customary: crossing the line
training, British naval - weapons

IndexPeople
Edward, Prince (Duke of Windsor)
Mountbatten, Louis (Earl)
Grigg (Colonel)
Halsey, Lionel
North, Dudley B N
Porras, Belisario
Cook, Joseph
Massey, William F

IndexPlaces
GB, England & Portsmouth, Hants <harbour>
Barbados
Panama & Panama Canal
USA & San Diego, Calif
USA & Honolulu, HA
Fiji & Suva
New Zealand & Auckland
New Zealand & Rotorua
New Zealand & Chinemutu
New Zealand & Whakarewarewa
New Zealand & Wellington
Australia & Melbourne, Vic
Australia & Sydney, NSW
Australia & Perth, WA
Australia & Mundaring Reservoir, WA
Australia & Adelaide, SA
Australia & Hobart, Tas
Trinidad and Tobago & Port of Spain
Bermuda

IndexUnits
GB.N & Renown
GB.N & Australia
AU.N & Australia
GB.A & West Indies Regt
GB.A & New Zealand Militia & Auckland Regt
NZ.A & New Zealand Militia & Auckland Regt
AU.A & Australian Militia
GB.A & Australian Militia
US.A

ShortSummary
The world tour by Edward, Prince of Wales, on board «HMS Renown», 1920.

FullSummary
(Reel 1) The Prince, wearing his naval uniform, comes on board «HMS Renown» at Portsmouth harbour on 14th March, shaking hands with Rear-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey and Captain Dudley B N North. With the Prince as travelling companions are Lord Louis Mountbatten and Colonel Grigg (who do not really appear in the film until the final reel). An animated map shows the ship's progress. It visits first Barbados where the Prince inspects a detachment of the West Indies Regiment, and the governor holds a garden party. While the «Renown» passes through the Panama Canal the Prince inspects the local US Army garrison, and President Belisario Porras comes on board. At San Diego the Prince addresses the people of the USA. As everywhere on the visit, there are numerous journalists and cameramen. At Honolulu in the Hawaiian islands the Prince meets US troops and British expatriates. (Reel 2) At Suva, capital of Fiji, the Prince is given a welcome ceremony and Kava is brewed. The «Renown» goes on to Auckland harbour, New Zealand, where the Prince inspects the local regiment. Schoolchildren in formation spell out WELCOME in a stadium. At Rotorua the Prince talks with Maoris who served in France in the First World War, while Prime Minister W F Massey and Minister of Militia Sir Joseph Cook watch. The Prince visits the Maori villages of Chinemutu, near sulphur springs, and Whakarewarewa, (Reel 3) where he gives a speech and watches Hakka and Poi dances. Back on the ship the junior officers perform a 'Hakka' of their own. Geysers and mud pots are shown. The ship goes on to Wellington, and the Prince visits the "Southern Alps". On to Australia. In a stadium in Melbourne children give a physical fitness demonstration and maypole dance. (Reel 4) The «Renown» arrives at Sydney and a military escort takes the Prince to Centennial Park. It is the Prince's birthday, 23rd June. The ship continues on to Western Australia. The Prince visits Perth and goes further inland, seeing Australian fauna such as kangaroos, water buffalo and flamingoes ("native wild fowl"). Loggers are seen at work in a jarrah forest. A view of Mundaring Reservoir. The train journey from Perth to Adelaide includes views of local aborigines, (Reel 5) and a "typical" outback railway halt. In Adelaide the Prince unveils a statue of Edward VII. For the remainder of the voyage «HMAS Australia» escorts the «Renown», which visits Hobart, Tasmania. On board the «Renown» on the way back to Britain are various "ship's mascots" for zoos: a cockatoo, two rare lizards, emu chicks, a Dominican tortoise, opossums, parrots, and a wallaby. On arrival in Samoa the locals pay homage to the Prince. (Reel 6) The film jumps back to 17th April, the first occasion on which the «Renown» crossed the equator. The full crossing the line ceremony involves the Prince, Mountbatten and Grigg all being ducked, and Halsey receiving "the Order of the Old Sea Dog". The cruise continues, with practice for the 15-inch guns. The ship calls at Port of Spain, Trinidad, and then at Bermuda, before returning to Portsmouth. The Prince says goodbye to the ship's company and boards the train for London.

ContextDescription
Cameraman: "Captain" Barker is actually the early silent film producer Will Barker, who had retired from the film industry in 1918 but was persuaded by William Jeapes of the Topical Film Company to record the Prince of Wales on his Empire tour.
Remarks: every bit as dreadful as its title suggests it might be.
Series continuity: there is no film held under the numbers IWM 844 - IWM 858 inclusive.

Duration
103 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
6

Dimensions
5592 ft

ProductionCompany
Topical Film Company
Film Booking Offices (distributor)

ProductionTeam
Barker, Will (Captain): cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
English

OtherReferences
shotsheet

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
ADM 1396

ProductionDate
9/1952

ItemName
[EXERCISE MAINBRACE] [Allocated]
[POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS] [series, allocated]

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Eagle
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Illustrious
ships, British naval - battleship: Vanguard
ships, British naval - cruiser: Swiftsure
ships, British naval - destroyer: Broadsword
ships, British naval - destroyer: Solebay
ships, British naval - minesweeper: Bramble & [-]
ships, British naval - submarine: Ambush
ships, British naval - destroyer: Weapon Class
ships, British auxiliary - supply: Olna
ships, British auxiliary - supply: Wave Premier
ships, Canadian naval - cruiser: Quebec
ships, United States naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Midway (41)
ships, United States naval - aircraft carrier, light: Wright
ships, United States naval - battleship: Wisconsin (64)
ships, United States naval - cruiser: Des Moines (134) & [-]
ships, United States naval - cruiser: Columbus (74) & [-]
ships, United States naval - destroyer: Vogelgesang (872) & [-]
ships, United States naval - amphibious: Mount Olympus (GC.8)
ships, Norwegian naval - destroyer: Bergen (D.304)
ships, Dutch naval - frigate: Van Zijill (F.811)
ships, French naval - frigate: Bambara (F.719)
ships, Belgian naval - minesweeper: A F Dufour (M.903)
aircraft, British naval - combat: Fairey Firefly
aircraft, British naval - combat: Blackburn Firebrand
aircraft, British naval - combat: Supermarine Attacker
aircraft, United States naval - helicopter: Piasecki HUP Retriever
communications, British naval - direct: semaphore
communications, British naval - direct: signal searchlight
operations, British naval - routine: replenishment at sea
operations, British naval - maintenance: painting ship
operations, British naval air - maintenance
weapons, British naval - gun: 15-inch
weapons, British naval - gun: 40mm Bofors

IndexPeople
Brind, E J Patrick
Willoughby, Guy
Litchfield, John S S
Hawkes, G F
Drake, C W G
Bevir, T O
West, A P
McCormick (Admiral)
Lemonnier, Andrew G L
Ridgway, Matthew B
Eagen (Lieutenant)
Goodall, G F
Gresnock, Mayor of
Haakon VII, King of Norway
Saunders (Yeoman)

IndexPlaces
Norway & Oslo

IndexUnits
GB.N & Eagle
GB.N & Illustrious
GB.N & Vanguard
GB.N & Swiftsure
GB.N & Solebay
GB.N & Broadsword
GB.N & Olna
GB.N & Wave Premier
GB.N & Bramble
GB.N & Ambush
CA.N & Quebec
US.N & Midway
US.N & Wright
US.N & Wisconsin
US.N & Des Moines
US.N & Columbus
US.N & Vogelgesang
US.N & Mount Olympus
NO.N & Bergen
NL.N & Van Zijill
FR.N & Bambara
BE.N & A F Dufour

ShortSummary
Scenes onboard «HMS Vanguard» and «HMS Eagle» during NATO Exercise Mainbrace in Norwegian waters, and the subsequent visit to Oslo.

FullSummary
Reel One. Cameraship «HMS Eagle» leads the NATO force out of the Firth of Forth - «HMS Illustrious» followed by «USS Wright», «HMS Vanguard», «HMS Swiftsure» and destroyers. CUs as armourers fix sonobuoys on a centreline rack on a Firefly. Another aircraft straightens its wings. USN Piasecki HUP-1 Retriever flies past. HA from the Flyco as «Eagle» launches 800 Squadron Attackers from her two bow catapults. Firefly AS.6 257 makes a free take-off. Firefly 259 (WJ 116) lands on and taxies forward over the lowered crash barrier to park. CU of Yeoman Saunders operating a signal searchlight - behind him flutters the numeral flag Zero, indicating a halt in flying operations. MS along the deck as Blackburn Firebrand 129 of 827 takes off, followed by 122. Attacker 108 taxies past left to right, its wing tips folded. Another Attacker is pushed aft by deck crew, its tail wheel in a hitch. A Firebrand is refuelled. CUs as Electricians Mate Purvis and Electrician's Mate (Artificer) Dyer top up a trolley full of batteries. Two Firebrands land on. A Firebrand folds wings. A Sea Hornet NF.21 flies overhead. «Eagle» closes on the port quarter of RFA «Olna», which has two hose lines deployed on derrick rigs - a marine party hauls on hose line and the end of the hose comes aboard «Eagle». Lieutenant Bevir takes readings with a sextant, which are recorded by Midshipman West. HA as Fireflies are manoeuvred about the flightdeck - manually and with the help of a tractor. CUs of men on the spotting bridge - the binoculars are protected from spray or bright sunlight by perspex hoods. A seaman reports by telephone. A Naval Airman Photographer records operations. CUs as a 6-barrelled RP 50 Mk VI Bofors mounting is trained and elevated - the gun crew are at ease and one barrel is still capped. MSs of a single Bofors Mk IX (?) mounting and CUs of the layer. Deck crew relax beside the island. LA of SW.RDF scanning. Sequence showing petty officers enjoying their rum issue. Men swab the deck - one sweeps water from a brass deck plate. LS-MS from camera on portside catwalk by arrester wires as Firefly 261 lands on. A second aircraft aborts its landing attempt and goes overhead, hook trailing. 260 lands on. LA.MS to Deck Landing Control Officer Lieutenant Drake, batting an aircraft down - he gives the cut signal. LS as «HMS Swiftsure» flashes a signal - in the background is «Illustrious». View from cat walk as Attacker 112 lands on, followed by 114 and 117. Deck crew free an Attacker from arrester wire, actually lifting the rear of the aircraft off the deck to allow the wire to retract. Further sequence showing refuelling from RFA «Olna» - the Battle Class destroyer «HMS Solebay» is preparing to refuel from the tanker's starboard side. Piasecki Retriever alights on the flightdeck and is chocked up - the Air Engineer Officer, Commander Hawkes, talks with Lieutenant Eagen USN, the helicopter's pilot. Reel Two. Onboard «HMS Vanguard». Inspection of Marines' equipment before the ship leaves her Scottish anchorage. At sea - a rating operates a signal searchlight, and «Swiftsure», in line astern, answers the signal. Ahead of «Vanguard», the three carriers commence a turn to port. Rating with signal flags - the International Code (Answering) pennant and flag 'V'. Various shots of ratings looking through binoculars and a CPO with a telescope. The sea is increasing as storm force winds begin to blow. The carriers execute a turn to starboard. XLS of «USS Wright» in stormy sea. Spray and broken water come in over «Vanguard's» bows - the True Wind Speed gauge is recording 49 knots. LA to black smoke issuing from the after funnel. The sea is moderating and «Vanguard» works up to full speed, producing a fine bow wave and a streaming wake. Brief sequence showing cameraship and the Canadian cruiser «Quebec» (31) refuelling from the RFA «Wave Premier» in a heavy sea, and longer section showing the Norwegian destroyer «Bergen» refuelling from «Vanguard» - there is some spillage, and wind-blown streaks of oil stain the «Bergen's» side. Sequence showing «Vanguard» weighing anchor - the cable is hosed down and scrubbed as it comes in - the carrier «USS Midway» (41) can be seen in the background. HA onto anchor as it comes clear of the water - it is covered in thick mud. «Vanguard» heads out to sea followed by «Swiftsure» and destroyers - conditions are calm but hazy. The carriers turn to starboard. XLS, «USS Wright». LS of «HMS Eagle» - «Vanguard» and the carrier execute a turn to starboard and «Eagle» moves from the port quarter onto the battleship's starboard quarter. View from focsle to A and B turrets and bridge. A game of deck hockey is played on the quarterdeck. LS off the port beam of «Eagle» - two aircraft take off. An Attacker passes overhead, hook down. «Eagle» recovers aircraft. Sequence showing a service conducted in the ship's chapel. Reel Three. Continuation of sequence inside ship's chapel. Sequence showing the mixing and issue of the rum ration. LSs of «Eagle» and a Firebrand in flight. CU as 15-inch guns of B turret are raised and lowered - inside the turret, the gunlayer operates the elevating controls - CU of the display lights on the Safety Firing Indicator. «HMS Eagle» and her planeguard destroyer turn hard a'starboard - they are obscured by their funnel smoke. XLS off port bow of «HMS Illustrious». Sequence showing «Vanguard» refuelling from a Wave Class tanker - «HMS Swiftsure» refuels on the tanker's port side. Short sequences showing the working of the bridge operating room, where the task group's courses are plotted, helmsman at the wheel in the lower steering room, plotters at the main display in the air direction room, telegraph repeater and ERAs standing ready to adjust oil sprayer in one of the furnaces in the boiler room. MS of Weapon Class destroyer (either «Battleaxe» or «Broadsword») steaming close alongside to starboard as she refuels from «Vanguard». Further scenes in the ship's boiler room. Reel Four-Ten. LSs of TG.175 assembled at Greenock - LS off the port bow of «Vanguard» with the American heavy cruiser «Des Moines» (134) lying astern. Sequence showing flag raising ceremony on «Vanguard». Camera in smallcraft closes on port bow of the battleship «USS Wisconsin» (64). Service on the quarterdeck of «Vanguard». Cleaning ship - a rating cleans the lamps hanging about the ship's bell, while others wash down and polish metal parts. Mayor of Gresnock visits «Vanguard». Admiral Brind comes aboard, and later receives an American Vice-Admiral. «Vanguard» is also visited by an Air Marshal and USN Rear-Admiral and Captain. The American Vice-Admiral departs. «Vanguard» weighs anchor - the cable is hosed down and scrubbed as it comes in, CU of joining shackle passing round cable holder, the mud-covered anchors are hove up clear of the water. LS from shore as «Vanguard» prepares to sail - the American destroyer «USS Vogelgesang» (862) steams right to left in the foreground, and in the background is «USS Midway» (41). The rest of the reel is mainly a compilation of scenes found elsewhere in the film record. Reel Seven. Onboard «HMS Vanguard». Sequence on the flag deck - CU of the locker as flags are pulled out and bent on halyards. Man semaphores to a distant destroyer. Red flag is hoisted. LSs of «HMS Illustrious» and circling aircraft. Interior of a gun turret as the crew go through gun drill. Marines receive instruction in the use of the Bren gun. Piasecki Retriever from «USS Wright» hovers, lowering Mr G F Goodall from the Admiralty onto the quarterdeck. Men play deck hockey. LS of «Eagle» and an escorting Weapon Class destroyer - an aircraft lands on the carrier. More hockey. The battleship enters the still waters of a Norwegian fjord - saluting guns are fired and the crew fall in for entering port. Sequence showing VIPs visiting «Eagle» - see Reel Eleven. Reel Eleven. Sequence shot in harbour of Oslo - the cameraman embarks in a motor boat and moves among the naval vessels gathered there - the French frigate «Bambara» (F.719), the Dutch «Van Zijill», the Belgian minesweeper «A F Dufour» (M.903). The boat circles the cruiser «Swiftsure», where men are over the side for painting ship. The light carrier «USS Wright» is moored, Avengers parked aft. LSs of «Eagle» and the heavy cruiser «USS Columbus» (74). Boat passes below the stern of the amphibious force flagship «USS Mount Olympus» (GC.8). Alongside is a later Battle Class destroyer with, outboard of her, the minesweeper «HMS Bramble» and the submarine «HMS Ambush». Liberty parties from «Mount Olympus» are brought ashore by the ship's boats. Sequence showing a press conference onboard «USS Columbus» - present are Admiral McCormick USN, Admiral Brind and the French Admiral Lemonnier. Sequence on the quayside as Admiral Lemonnier arrives - presumably to be taken out to «Columbus» for the press conference - watched by some local spectators, he stands chatting with an aide - visible nearby is the «Van Zijill» (F.811). Sequence showing the arrival of General Ridgway in a Lockheed Constellation at Oslo to be greeted by Admiral Lemonnier, and the General's reception by Admiral Brind onboard «HMS Eagle». King Haakon VII is also received onboard. Reel Twelve. Onboard «HMS Eagle». MS along the deck of «Eagle» to ensign staff. LA of man adjusting pitch-change mechanism on the propeller hub of a Firefly 6. Another man reaches through a small access panel to adjust Firefly's starting system. Two Fireflies are run up to test their engines - the first aircraft has not had the spinner replaced. Aircraft mechanics open the engine cowlings to change the sparkplugs on a Firebrand.

ContextDescription
Summary: for this exercise, HMS Illustrious had three squadrons embarked: 824 Squadron flying Firefly AS.6s, and No 4 Squadron and No 860 Squadron of the Royal Netherlands Navy flying respectively Fireflies and Sea Furies. By this time Illustrious had been designated a trials and training carrier and had played some part in training up RNN squadrons for service in the Karel Doorman (ex-Venerable). HMS Eagle operated 812 and 814 Squadrons in Firefly AS.6s, 800 and 803 Squadrons in Attacker F.1s, and 827 Squadron in Firebrand TF 5s. 812 Squadron was embarked on Eagle only for the duration of the exercise. It is interesting to note, with reference to the replenishment sequences, that there was some press criticism in the United States of the length of time the carrier Eagle had to spend refuelling from a British tanker, compared to the time it took to replenish American carriers from tankers specially designed to transfer fuel at sea with high speed pumps. On the other hand there was favourable comment on Eagle's performance in the storm conditions encountered during the exercise, when the British carrier was able to maintain a speed of 25 knots, while the larger American carrier Midway was virtually hove-to because heavy seas had smashed the deck-edge lift curtains, allowing water into the aircraft hangar. The film also shows the fine sea-keeping qualities of the battleship Vanguard, dry and steady in the severe weather.

Duration
74 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Mute

NumberOfParts
7

Dimensions
6567 ft

ProductionSponsor
SHAPE

ProductionTeam
Faillace (Lieutenant): cameraman
Mierzwa: cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
None

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
02/02/2009 05:50:22

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
ADM 1427

ProductionDate
2/6/1953

ItemName
[CORONATION DAY CELEBRATIONS : 2 June 1953] [Allocated]
[POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS] [series, allocated]

IndexEvents
coronation celebrations for HM Queen Elizabeth II & 2/6/1953

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - : Unicorn
ships, British naval - : Maenad
ceremonies, British - customary: splicing the mainbrace
ceremonies, Borneo - display: procession
ceremonies, Hong Kong - customary: Chinese dragon procession
ceremonies, Maltese - display: parade
celebrations, Bermudan - event-related: coronation
celebrations, Borneo - event-related: coronation
celebrations, Hong Kong - event-related: coronation
celebrations, Maltese - event-related: coronation
celebrations, Singaporean - event-related: coronation
recreation, Borneo civilian - sport: water sports
religion, Christianity - ceremonial, Maltese: Mass
aircraft, British - seaplane: Short Sunderland

IndexPeople
Bermuda, Governor of
Dickenson (Commodore First Class)
Ghigo (Monsignor)
Gonzi, Michael
Hood (Lady)
Creasy, Gerald H
Mifsud (Monsignor)
Smith, Trafford

IndexPlaces
Bermuda
Malaya & Jesselton
Malaya & Kota Kinabalu
Hong Kong
Malta & Floriana
Malta & Valletta

IndexUnits
GB.F
GB.N & Royal Marines
GB.N & Birmingham
GB.N & Charity
GB.N & Consort
GB.N & Maenad
GB.N & Tamar
GB.N & Unicorn

ShortSummary
Film of naval activities during the Coronation Day celebrations in various parts of the Far East and elsewhere, 2nd June 1953.

FullSummary
(Part 1) «HMS Unicorn» in Singapore; public tours ship. (Part 2) Military parade in Kowloon, Hong Kong, Commodore First Class Hong Kong Dickenson officiating. Arrival of Naval and Royal Marines detachments, and of Commodore Hong Kong. Marchpast (ratings of «HMS Birmingham», «Charity» and «Consort»): Commodore Dickenson takes the salute. Church service at «HMS Tamar» shore base, address by Commodore Hong Kong. Splicing the mainbrace at «Tamar» - toasting the Queen. Start of Chinese dragon procession. (Part 3) Bermuda: general views including Fort Catherine and Devil's Hole. (Part 4) Warwick Academy and Purvis School - presentation of medals etc. Bernard Park Parade. Entrance to city. Mayor receives HE the Governor; cathedral service - Governor arrives in carriage and enters cathedral; seen (with Lady Hood) greeting guests. (Part 5) Jesselton, North Borneo. «HMS Maenad». Water sports at wharf: fishermen of Brunei and Bajau contest in 4 and 8 paddle races; Duck Race (with live ducks/sand martins); canoe tug-of-war. Flypast of Sunderlands from Seletar, Singapore, watched by Borneo locals. Procession of floats and decorated vehicles. Land sports on the Padang Jesselton: high jump, flagpole competition with local boy scouts. Sailors in fancy dress from «HMS Maenad» attempt ladies' high jump. (Part 6) Malta. Archbishop Sir Michael Gonzi of Malta celebrates Mass at Floriana and administers Holy Communion to the 10,000 schoolchildren present, assisted by Monsignors Mifsud and Ghigo and priests. March of 5,000 schoolchildren down Kingsway, Valletta, to the Palace Square. (All schools, British and Maltese, represented.) Displays by Sliema and Msida Girl's Schools in Square are watched by the 5,000. General views. State Ball at the Palace, given by Mr Trafford Smith (Officer administering the Government). CU of Governor on throne. Guests dancing. Arrival of composite guard from Floriana Parade Ground through Kingsway to St John's Square; state entry of Mr Smith; arrivals of Greek and Turkish Admirals and Mr Smith; Governor inspects guard; shots of church and crowds; arrival of NATO staff (US, French and Italian) and march on of composite guard; shots of crowds and procession. Panning shots of Grand Harbour at night, showing illuminated buildings (Fort Ricasoli, RN Hospital, Bighi, Fort St Angelo) and ships in harbour. Firework display. Air views of Grand Harbour and coastline around Valletta. CUs of Palace Square, Kingsway and plaque commemorating the award of the George Cross to Malta by King George VI. (Parts 7 and 8) Malta continued (additional details in dockets CNI 456/53 [Part 4] and CNI 19/53).

ContextDescription
Summary: cataloguing incomplete since film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI series records.
Locations: Jesselton is now Kota Kinabalu in the Malaysian province of Sabah.

ProductionSponsor
[Admiralty]

ProductionCountry
GB

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
02/02/2009 05:50:22

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
ADM 1496

ProductionDate
1954 (ca)

ItemName
[MEDITERRANEAN FLEET EXERCISES FOR THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA] [Allocated]
[POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS] [series, allocated]

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Centaur
ships, British naval - communications: Surprise
ships, British naval - cruiser: Gambia
ships, British naval - cruiser: Glasgow
ships, British naval - destroyer: Chevron
ships, British naval - destroyer: Decoy
ships, British naval - destroyer: Diana
ships, British naval - destroyer: Duchess
ships, British naval - minesweeper, ocean: Derby
operations, British naval - routine
ceremonies, British - customary: naval 21-gun salute
ceremonies, British - display: naval exercise

IndexPeople
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia

IndexPlaces
Malta & Grand Harbour

IndexUnits
GB.N & Fleet Air Arm
GB.N & Centaur
GB.N & Chevron
GB.N & Decoy
GB.N & Derby
GB.N & Diana
GB.N & Duchess
GB.N & Gambia
GB.N & Glasgow
GB.N & Surprise
GB.N & Women's Royal Naval Service

ShortSummary
Mediterranean Fleet exercises in honour of His Imperial Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia.

FullSummary
Film taken from «HMS Centaur»: «HMS Derby» and «Diana» weather heavy sea outside Grand Harbour; «HMS Decoy» in heavy seas; «HMS Gambia» passing with Emperor on bridge; squids fired from «HMS Duchess» exploding in front of ship; manoeuvres by ships of the Mediterranean Fleet. Film taken from «HMS Chevron»: view of small ships under bad weather; sea breaks over «Chevron's» decks with Fleet in background; Fleet crossing during serial gridiron; telephoto shot of Daring class firing squids; «Chevron's» guns firing 21-gun salute; WRENs cheering ship on board «Chevron»; general views of Fleet; «HMS Gambia» and «HMS Surprise» leaving Grand Harbour and at sea; escort of helicopters. Film taken from «HMS Glasgow»: various shots of the Mediterranean Fleet manoeuvring at sea, also steaming past «HMS Gambia» in salute to HIH Emperor of Ethiopia; guns fired by many ships; views of gridiron and manoeuvres staged for Emperor.

ContextDescription
Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI records.

ProductionSponsor
[Admiralty]

ProductionCountry
GB

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
02/02/2009 05:50:22

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
ADM 1763

ProductionDate
1945

ItemName
[CROSSING THE LINE CEREMONY ONBOARD HMS ADAMANT] [Allocated]
[BRITISH NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST] [series, allocated]

IndexObjects
ceremonies, British - customary: crossing the line

IndexPlaces
Australia & Sydney, NSW

IndexUnits
GB.N & Adamant

ShortSummary
«HMS Adamant» brings returning service men and women into Sydney harbour. On the voyage to Australia they enjoy a boisterous crossing of the line.

FullSummary
Opening sequence shows passengers looking out over the rail as the ship enters Sydney harbour - the cameraman focuses on two couples their arms linked affectionately. Passengers include Australian troops, RN and FAA personnel. Cut to main sequence showing crossing of the line. The ceremony is given extra interest by the presence of a large number of women, whose ritual ducking is carried out with great gusto. At the end of the ceremony a fire hose is turned on the crowd, and the canvas pool is unlashed, the water spilling over the deck. As the men stand in the emptied pool a life-jacket throwing fight begins, and the pool quickly becomes choked with thrown jackets - more hose spraying and jacket throwing is starting up as the film ends.

Duration
4 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
Mute

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
373 ft

ProductionSponsor
[Admiralty]

ProductionCompany
[Naval Information Liaison Division]

ProductionTeam
Thomson, Harold (Sub-Lieutenant): cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
None

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
02/02/2009 05:50:22

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
36922

ProductionDate
1955

ItemName
Make a signal!

IndexPeople
[ Broome, Jack]

IndexPlaces
oceans, seas in general
Great Britain
UK
Great Britain

IndexConcepts
naval communications operations in general
naval signals operations in general
naval communications operations
naval signals operations
literature
fiction
humorous prose
anthologies of humorous writing
military life, navy, anecdotes and humorous events
naval life
military life, anecdotes and humorous events
flags and standards, navy
navy, flags and standards
flags and standards
naval operations
actions at sea
prose
military life
heraldry in general

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

NumberOfParts
224p., 2 leaves of plates
ill., facsim., frontis.

Dimensions
23

MakerName
Captain Jack Broome
illustrated by the author

MakerInfo
BROOME, JACK

ProductionCompany
Putnam

ProductionCountry
London

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
84 / 1175

OtherNumber
0-85059-656-4

ProductionDate
1982

ItemName
Sea jargon
a dictionary of the unwritten language of the sea

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
Great Britain
UK

IndexConcepts
english dictionaries on navies
naval traditions
traditions in general
english subject dictionaries
encyclopedias and dictionaries
philology
linguistics
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
dictionaries
encyclopaedias

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

ContextDescription
pages159-160

NumberOfParts
160 pages
ill., facsims., frontis.

Dimensions
22

MakerName
by Lew Lind

MakerInfo
LIND, LEW

ProductionCompany
Patrick Stephens

ProductionCountry
Cambridge

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.159-160

ISBN
0-85059-656-4

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
87 / 1651

OtherNumber
0-7102-1270-4

ProductionDate
1987

ItemName
Grey funnel lines
traditional song and verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK

IndexConcepts
music
naval songs
musical traditions in the navy
musical traditions
military music
military bands
music
military traditions
traditions, military
customs

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

ContextDescription
pages157-62

NumberOfParts
xvi, 177 pages
ill., music

Dimensions
24

MakerName
Cyril Tawney

MakerInfo
TAWNEY, CYRIL

ProductionCompany
Routledge and Kegan Paul

ProductionCountry
London

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.157-62
index

ISBN
0-7102-1270-4

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
88 / 1854

OtherNumber
0-245-54572-7

ProductionDate
1988

ItemName
A companion to the Royal Navy

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK

IndexConcepts
organisation and administration british navy
british navy, organisation and administration
naval battle honours
battle honours
badges used on equipment, navy
equipment badges, navy
navy equipment badges
badges used on equipment
equipment badges
naval administration, organisation and law
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
heraldry in general
general guides
chronologies
official publications
theses

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

NumberOfParts
xvi, 443 pages
ill., figs., maps, ports.

Dimensions
26

MakerName
David A. Thomas

MakerInfo
THOMAS, DAVID A.

ProductionCompany
Harrap

ProductionCountry
London

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

ISBN
0-245-54572-7

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
90 / 1549

ProductionDate
1990

ItemName
A life on the ocean wave
the Royal Marines Band story

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK

IndexUnits
[ Royal Marines Band]

IndexConcepts
marines, bands
royal marines band
marine corps bands
royal marines band
naval bands
royal naval bands
british naval bands
royal navy, bands
musical traditions in the navy
musical traditions
military music
military bands
naval unit histories
navies
military traditions
traditions, military
customs

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Pbk

ContextDescription
Pbk

NumberOfParts
iii, 140p.
ill., facsims., ports.

Dimensions
30

MakerName
John Trendell

MakerInfo
TRENDELL, JOHN
BLUE BAND MAGAZINE

ProductionCompany
Blue Band Magazine

ProductionCountry
[Deal, Kent]

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.138

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
92 / 1342

OtherNumber
[O] K

ProductionDate
1944

ItemName
To all sailors...
[certificate issued to Petty Officer E.F. Flavell on 3 December 1944 on 'crossing the line']

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK

IndexUnits
[ Howe]

IndexConcepts
regimental customs
naval customs
air force customs
ship customs
individual british naval ships
individual naval ships
histories of individual ships
ships' histories
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
naval unit histories
navies
ephemeral material
documents
official forms
press cuttings

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

NumberOfParts
1 leaf
col. ill.

Dimensions
38

MakerInfo
HMS HOWE

ProductionCompany
HMS Howe

ProductionCountry
No place

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
91 / 603

OtherNumber
0-87021-944-8

ProductionDate
[1982?]

ItemName
Nelson's blood
the story of naval rum

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK
Place in general
The world

IndexConcepts
traditions
naval traditions
customs, naval
traditions, naval
naval supply
supply of materials to navies
navy, supply
naval supply, british
british naval supply
navy, british, supply
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
naval administration, organisation and law

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]
"First published in the UK by Kenneth Mason, Homewell, Havant, Hampshire"

ContextDescription
pages197

NumberOfParts
200 pages
ill. (some col.), facsims., figs., ports.

Dimensions
23

MakerName
by A.J. Pack

MakerInfo
PACK, A.J.

ProductionCompany
Naval Institute Press

ProductionCountry
Annapolis, Maryland

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.197
index

ISBN
0-87021-944-8

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
97 / 1485

OtherNumber
0-9529346-0-4

ProductionDate
1996

ItemName
Admiralty ships badges
original patterns, 1919-1994
[2 volumes]

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK

IndexConcepts
badges used on equipment
equipment badges
badges used on equipment, navy
equipment badges, navy
navy equipment badges
ship names
ships' names
names, nicknames
heraldry in general
military traditions
traditions, military
customs

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]
Volume 1 : Abdiel-Lysander
Volume 2 : Mackay-Zulu

ContextDescription
pages

NumberOfParts
2 vols. (520 pages in various pagings)
chiefly col. ill.

Dimensions
28

MakerName
T.P. Stopford

MakerInfo
STOPFORD, T.P. (THOMAS P.)

ProductionCompany
Stone Frigate

ProductionCountry
Rochester, Kent

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.
index

ISBN
0-9529346-0-4

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
99 / 445

OtherNumber
0-85052-623-X

ProductionDate
1998

ItemName
Battles and honours of the Royal Navy

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
UK

IndexConcepts
battle honours
naval battle honours
history of the british navy
british navy
british naval history, general
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
naval unit histories
navies
general guides
chronologies
official publications
theses

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

ContextDescription
pages337-352

NumberOfParts
362 pages, 16 pages of plates
ill., plan, ports.

Dimensions
24

MakerName
David A Thomas

MakerInfo
THOMAS, DAVID A.

ProductionCompany
Leo Cooper

ProductionCountry
London

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
p.337-352
index

Access
Copy in Reading Room - D(41)13

ISBN
0-85052-623-X

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
99 / 2062

OtherNumber
0-9506429-4-0

ProductionDate
1999

ItemName
Military and naval silver
treasures of the mess and wardroom

IndexPlaces
Great Britain
Great Britain
UK

IndexConcepts
artistic metalwork
mess customs in the army
mess customs
mess customs in the navy
Metallurgic industries
metallurgy
precious metals
gold, silver, platinum, titanium
sculpture
plastic arts
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
trade and industry
manufacturing

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

FullSummary
[Printed materials]

NumberOfParts
232p.
ill., facsims., ports.

Dimensions
31

MakerName
Roger Perkins

MakerInfo
PERKINS, ROGER

ProductionCompany
R. Perkins

ProductionCountry
Newton Abbot, Devon

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
03/08/2007 05:50:20

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
index

ISBN
0-9506429-4-0

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
7404

OtherNumber
76/207/3

ItemName
Private Papers of A D Duckworth

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
An extensive collection of papers recording his service in the Royal Navy, 1909 - 1945, of particular interest being his eyewitness accounts of the Battle of the Falkland Islands (8 December 1914) at which he was serving as a Clerk in the battle cruiser HMS INVINCIBLE, his photographic records of the Battle of Jutland (from the cruiser HMS BIRMINGHAM) and of the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet (from the battle cruiser HMS LION), his private diary covering his service in the battleship HMS NELSON at the time of the Invergordon Mutiny, September 1931, and his private diary and action log covering his service in the battleship HMS WARSPITE, December 1942 - May 1944, with particular reference to operations in the Mediterranean, July - September 1943.

MakerName
Duckworth

Forenames
A D

Honours
RN

Style
Captain

RelatedIWMItems
See box list and also Captain A D Duckworth's published memoir, entitled 'With Zeal and Ability, A Personal Record 1896 - 1945'

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
27/07/2006 05:50:17

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 16057

ProductionDate
22 April 1943

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
NEW SLOOP FOR THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHED AT YARROWS YARD, ON CLYDEBANK, 22 APRIL 1943, WITH THE CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MRS GODFREY, WIFE OF VICE ADMIRAL V H GODFREY, CB.

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexPlaces
Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

IndexUnits
Royal Indian Navy

IndexConcepts
Ceremony
Civilians

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ShortSummary
The bottle breaking against the bows of the ship as Mrs Godfrey launches the sloop.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Tomlin H W (Lt)
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_016057.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/08/2007 05:50:36

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

IndexEvent
Home Front, UK, Second World War

Theme
British War Work 1939-1945
British Home Front 1939-1945

CoLStatus
Published

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 16059

ProductionDate
22 April 1943

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
NEW SLOOP FOR THE ROYAL INDIAN NAVY LAUNCHED AT YARROWS YARD, ON CLYDEBANK, 22 APRIL 1943, WITH THE CEREMONY PERFORMED BY MRS GODFREY, WIFE OF VICE ADMIRAL V H GODFREY, CB.

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexObjects
Sloop

IndexPlaces
Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK

IndexUnits
Royal Indian Navy

IndexConcepts
Ceremony
Construction

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ShortSummary
The new sloop going down the slipway.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Tomlin H W (Lt)
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_016059.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
30/08/2007 05:50:36

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

IndexEvent
Home Front, UK, Second World War

Theme
British War Work 1939-1945
British Home Front 1939-1945

CoLStatus
Published

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 18563

ProductionDate
6 - 7 August 1943

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
"THE SWEEPERS": SHIPS AND MEN OF THE 1ST AND 6TH MINESWEEPING FLOTILLAS, LONDONDERRY, 6 - 7AUGUST 1943

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexObjects
Minesweeper

IndexPlaces
Londonderry, Northern Ireland

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, GLEANER (HMS)

IndexConcepts
Daily Life
Ceremony
Drinking

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ShortSummary
Preparing the rum for "Up spirits"; Coxswain Sidney Gordon Vingoe, of HMS GLEANER, is one of the old hands of the Flotilla. He's been in the Royal Navy for nearly 30 years.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Oulds D C (Lt)
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_018563.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
08/08/2007 05:50:57

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

IndexPlace
Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Theme
Royal Navy 1939-1945

CoLStatus
Published

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 18573

ProductionDate
16 August 1943

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
HM KING GEORGE VI VISITING MEN AND SHIPS OF THE HOME FLEET AT SCAPA FLOW, AUGUST 1943

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexObjects
Destroyer Depot Ship

IndexPeople
George VI, King

IndexPlaces
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland, UK

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, TYNE (HMS)

IndexConcepts
Royalty
Ceremony

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ShortSummary
Officers and men of HMS TYNE, the depot ship, and destroyers lying alongside, giving three cheers for the King.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Hudson F A (Lt)
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_018573.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
08/08/2007 05:50:57

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

Nationality
British

IndexPlace
Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland, UK

Theme
Royal Navy 1939-1945

CoLStatus
Published

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 32079

ProductionDate
18 March 1952

ProductionPeriod
1945 - 1975

ItemName
THE FIRST SEA LORD VISITS HOME AND MEDITERRANEAN FLEETS AT MALTA DURING COMBINED FLEET EXERCISES (GRAND SLAM?), MARCH 1952

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexPeople
McGrigor, Rhoderick R

IndexPlaces
Valletta, Malta

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, LIVERPOOL (HMS)

IndexConcepts
Ceremony
Exercises

IndexHistPeriod
1945 - 1975

ShortSummary
The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor, being piped on board HMS LIVERPOOL, Flagship of the Commander in Chief Mediterranean, in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_032079.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
23/10/2008 05:51:48

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

IndexPlace
Valletta, Malta

IndexPlaceDetail
Grand Harbour

Theme
Royal Navy 1945-2000

CoLStatus
Ready

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 33818

ProductionDate
June 1957

ProductionPeriod
1945 - 1975

ItemName
INTERNATIONAL NAVAL REVIEW, HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA, JUNE 1957.

ObjectType
Aerial photograph (oblique)
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexObjects
Aircraft carrier

IndexPlaces
Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, ARK ROYAL (HMS)

IndexConcepts
Ceremony

IndexHistPeriod
1945 - 1975

ShortSummary
HMS ARK ROYAL dressed overall and manning ship with USS SARATOGA in the background.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_033818.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
23/10/2008 05:51:48

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Aerial photograph (oblique)
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

Nationality
British

Theme
Royal Navy 1945-2000
United States post-1945

CoLStatus
Ready

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
CT 1576

ProductionDate
1991

ProductionPeriod
1976 - 2000

ItemName
HMY ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA 1954 - 1997

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
SURFACE FLOTILLA PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT (SFPU) ARCHIVE: HM ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA COLLECTION

IndexPeople
Charles, HRH Prince (Prince of Wales)
Diana, HRH Princess (Princess of Wales)
William, HRH Prince
Harry, HRH Prince

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, BRITANNIA (HMY)

IndexConcepts
Royalty
Ceremony
Celebration
Seasons

IndexHistPeriod
1976 - 2000

ShortSummary
The Prince and Princess of Wales and Princes William and Harry help two yachtsmen stir the Christmas Pudding in the HMY BRITANNIA galley.

Colour
Colour

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Hunt, David
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/CT_001576.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
23/10/2008 05:51:48

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

Nationality
British

IndexEvent
Christmas Celebrations, Celebrations

Theme
Royal Navy 1945-2000

CoLStatus
Ready

PhotoCollRef
9805-07

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
CT 1631

ProductionDate
1997

ProductionPeriod
1976 - 2000

ItemName
HMY ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA 1954 - 1997

ObjectType
Official photograph
Portrait photograph (ship)

SubTitle
SURFACE FLOTILLA PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT (SFPU) ARCHIVE: HM ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA COLLECTION

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, BRITANNIA (HMY)

IndexConcepts
Royalty
Ceremony
Training

IndexHistPeriod
1976 - 2000

ShortSummary
An excellent broadside view of HMY BRITANNIA practising with her Paying Off Pennant.

ContextDescription
The Paying Off Pennant is a long flag which bears the St George Cross, the length of which is determined by the length of the ship (in BRITANNIA's case 412 feet) and the number of years the vessel has been in commission. It is traditionally flown from the mainmast immediately before paying-off.
HMY BRITANNIA flew her Paying Off Pennant on 21 November 1997 on leaving London, on 22 November 1997 on arriving in Portsmouth and on 7 December 1997, the final Sunday she was in commission.

Colour
Colour

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Hunt, David
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/CT_001631.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
23/10/2008 05:51:48

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph
Portrait photograph (ship)

Access
Unrestricted

Nationality
British

Theme
Royal Navy 1945-2000

CoLStatus
Ready

PhotoCollRef
9805-07

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
A 19673

ProductionDate
10 October 1943

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
THE ROYAL NAVY IN 1943

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION

IndexObjects
Submarine

IndexPlaces
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, UNISON (HMS/M)

IndexConcepts
Naval Warfare
Submarine Warfare

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ShortSummary
The crew of the British U-class submarine UNISON display their 'Jolly Roger' at Plymouth, having returned from a successful 16 months in the Mediterranean.

Colour
Black and white

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Hampton J A (Lt)
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/A_019673.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
08/08/2007 05:50:57

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

Nationality
British

IndexPlace
Plymouth, Devon, England, UK

Theme
Royal Navy 1939-1945
Submarines

CoLStatus
Published

PhotoCollRef
4700-01

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Photographs

IDNO
CT 1553

ProductionDate
1997

ProductionPeriod
1976 - 2000

ItemName
HMY ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA 1954 - 1997

ObjectType
Official photograph

SubTitle
SURFACE FLOTILLA PHOTOGRAPHIC UNIT (SFPU) ARCHIVE: HM ROYAL YACHT BRITANNIA COLLECTION

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, BRITANNIA (HMY)

IndexConcepts
Monarchy
Royalty
Ceremony
Rest & Relaxation

IndexHistPeriod
1976 - 2000

ShortSummary
'King Neptune' holds his trident as he and his 'wife' are presented with a set of bagpipes during the 'Crossing the Line' ceremony.

Colour
Colour

CopyrightStatus
Crown copyright

MakerName
Hunt, David
Royal Navy official photographer

RelatedImageFile
Image/CT_001553.jpg

Weighting
900

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
23/10/2008 05:51:48

URLEncodedDeptName
Photographs

FormatDescription
Official photograph

Access
Unrestricted

Nationality
British

Theme
Royal Navy 1945-2000

CoLStatus
Ready

PhotoCollRef
9805-07

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Art

IDNO
IWM ART 2621

ProductionDate
1918

ProductionPeriod
First World War

ItemName
WRNS Ratings Sail-making: On Board 'HMS Essex' at Devonport, 1918

ObjectType
painting

IndexConcepts
shipping
interior
women / womens work
military personnel
uniform
civilian effort

IndexHistPeriod
First World War

FullSummary
The WRNS was still a new service in 1918 but Stanhope Forbes gives their activities a comfortable Edwardian domesticity, emphasising the traditional nature of their work rather than their radical status.
The girls in the foreground wear a variety of tunics and collars. When the service was started in November 1917 the Wrens were not allowed to wear the traditional blue and white striped tunic collar worn by male sailors. However, so many of them obtained and wore these collars as keepsakes from their sweethearts that the authorities swiftly gave in and allowed this addition to the uniform. Forbes was probably aware of this which might suggest another relationship between the Wren and the sailor in the background. Certainly the far sailor’s admiring glance seems directed at the girls rather than at their work.
Forbes lived for many years in Cornwall. He was a leading member of the Newlyn School which specialised in plein-air landscapes and genre paintings of the local fishing community. His Wrens sit at their sail-making as they might sit together quilting and the girl in the background raises her heel diffidently, a coy gesture which belies her uniform and professional status.
The scene is at one of the Royal Navy’s largest southern bases, at Devonport in Plymouth, across the Tamar river from Cornwall.

ContextDescription
image: A genre painting of an interior below deck on a warship. Portholes open to the left of the image. In the foreground three women sit binding the edges of a large sail sheet. In the background there is a work table. A girl in full WRNS rating uniform and hat stands talking to a blue-uniformed sailor over another length of sailcloth, while at the other end of the table stands a sailor in white tunic and naval cap looking over to the group in the foreground as he hangs a chain on the wall. The low-ceilinged room is lit more by daylight from the open portholes than by the small lamps hung from the ceiling. The room is cluttered with fabric and a thick chain hangs down from the ceiling on the right hand side.

Format
oil

Support
canvas

Dimensions
1066 mm
1371 mm

CopyrightStatus
crown

MakerName
Forbes, Stanhope RA

ProductionCountry
Great Britain

AcquisitionMethod
commission

AcquisitionNote
Imperial War Museum Women's Work Section commission

AcquisitionDate
21-11-1919

RelatedImageFile
web1art/2265-12.jpg

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
13/06/2007 05:50:45

URLEncodedDeptName
Art

FormatDescription
painting

AuthorityLink
Forbes, Stanhope RA

IndexPlace
Devonport, Devon, England, UK

IndexEvent
First World War

Theme
Royal Navy 1914-1918

CoLStatus
Published

DigitalAsset
N

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Art

IDNO
IWM ART LD 2397

ProductionDate
1942

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
WRNS Issuing Grog to a Working Party

ObjectType
drawing

IndexConcepts
eating / drinking
military personnel
shipping
women / womens work

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ContextDescription
image: a woman of the Women's Royal Naval Service dispenses the rum ration to seven queuing sailors, who gather around her eagerly.

Format
chalk
charcoal

Support
paper

Dimensions
578 mm
794 mm

CopyrightStatus
IWM reproduction right

MakerName
Austin, Robert Sargent RA

AcquisitionMethod
transfer

AcquisitionNote
War Artists Advisory Committee commission

AcquisitionDate
1947

RelatedImageFile
transfer0060/IWM_ART_LD_002397.jpg

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
03/07/2009 05:50:53

URLEncodedDeptName
Art

FormatDescription
drawing

AuthorityLink
Austin, Robert Sargent RA

IndexPlace
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

IndexEvent
Naval Operations, Second World War

Theme
Royal Navy 1939-1945
Women in the Services 1939-1945

CoLStatus
Ready

DeptName
Art

IDNO
IWM PST 5032

ProductionDate
1915

ProductionPeriod
First World War

ItemName
England Expects - 1805 - 1915

ObjectType
poster

IndexPeople
Nelson, Horatio

IndexConcepts
recruiting
historical reference
portrait / personification
shipping

IndexHistPeriod
First World War

FullSummary
The poster refers to Nelson's message to the fleet immediately before the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

ContextDescription
whole: the main image is held within a broad brown border. A small monochromatic image is superimposed over the main image, on the right-hand side.The title, in white, is positioned above the image, held with the border. Further text laid out similar in fashion across the bottom.
image: a full-length depiction of Admiral Nelson, who stands against a seascape. Three British warships sail in the background silhouetted against a glowing horizon.
text: 1805 'ENGLAND EXPECTS' 1915
ARE YOU DOING YOUR DUTY TO-DAY?
PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING COMMITTEE, LONDON. POSTER No. 101.
PRINTED BY SEARGEANT BROS. LTD., LONDON AND ABERGAVENNY. DESIGN-COPYRIGHT.

Format
lithograph

Support
paper

SeriesNotes
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Poster No.101.
Same design as Parliamentary Recruiting Committee Card No.109.

Dimensions
493 mm
739 mm

CopyrightStatus
IWM reproduction right

MakerName
Unknown

ProductionSponsor
Parliamentary Recruiting Committee

ProductionTeam
Seargeant Brothers Ltd, London and Abergavenny

ProductionCountry
Great Britain

Language
English

AcquisitionMethod
tbe

RelatedImageFile
Batch0101/5032.jpg

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
13/06/2007 05:50:45

URLEncodedDeptName
Art

FormatDescription
poster

AuthorityLink
Unknown

IndexEvent
Recruitment Campaign 1914-1916, Home Front, UK, First World War

Theme
British Home Front 1914-1918
British Army 1914-1918

CoLStatus
Published

DigitalAsset
Y

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Art

IDNO
IWM PST 6449

ProductionDate
1943

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
'Above and Beyond the Call of Duty' (Dorie Miller, Navy Cross 1942)

ObjectType
poster

IndexPeople
Miller, Dorie

IndexConcepts
civilian morale
portrait / personification
medals / orders / decorations
shipping

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

ContextDescription
image: A full face portrait of an American sailor in uniform, against a background of an ocean with three sinking ships in the upper right of the composition. He wears the Navy Cross.
text: 'above and beyond the call of duty' DORIE MILLER Received the Navy Cross at Pearl Harbour, May 27, 1942

Format
colour lithograph

Support
paper

Dimensions
710 mm
515 mm

CopyrightStatus
IWM reproduction right

MakerName
Martin, David Stone

MakerInfo
designer: Martin, David Stone

ProductionSponsor
Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, Washington DC

ProductionTeam
US Government Printing Office

ProductionCountry
United States of America

Language
English

AcquisitionMethod
purchase

RelatedImageFile
Web1pst/Cd3465-90.jpg

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
13/07/2007 05:50:17

URLEncodedDeptName
Art

FormatDescription
poster

AuthorityLink
Martin, David Stone

IndexPlace
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA

Theme
United States Navy 1939-1945

DigitalAsset
N

IWMImageOwned
N

DeptName
Art

IDNO
IWM PST 8286

ProductionPeriod
Second World War

ItemName
Join the Wrens - and Free a Man for the Fleet

ObjectType
poster

IndexConcepts
recruiting
shipping
women / womens work
uniform
military personnel

IndexHistPeriod
Second World War

FullSummary
As in the First World War when the WRNS was first established, the role of the WRNS was to take over work ashore so that men could be on active service at sea. By the Second World War, the WRNS was promoted as the most stylish of the womens’ services. The clean lines of the WRNS uniform are enhanced by the modernist graphic design of this poster with bold areas of flat colour and a suggestion of the airbrush technique which gained popularity during the war. The artist is not named but has much in common with the British War Office poster designer Abram Games.

ContextDescription
whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is integrated and located in the lower half, in white and in grey. The text is partially integrated and placed along the top edge, in blue, and in the lower quarter, in brown. All set against a white background.
image: a three-quarter length depiction of a woman dressed in the cap and uniform of a WRNS rating, set against a blue sea and horizon. She gazes out towards the right of the poster and salutes with her gloved right hand.
text: WOMEN’S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE
join the Wrens
AND FREE A MAN FOR THE FLEET
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY J. WEINER LTD., LONDON, W.C.1.
51-2916

Format
lithograph

Support
paper

SeriesNotes
51-2916
PST 19818 is the master copy of a small format version
One of a related set of posters with the same text and variant designs - see master copies PST 3671, PST 8286, PST 19814, PST 19816, PST 19817

Dimensions
754 mm
504 mm

CopyrightStatus
IWM reproduction right

MakerName
Unknown

ProductionSponsor
HMSO

ProductionTeam
J Weiner Ltd, 71/5 New Oxford Street, London WC1

ProductionCountry
Great Britain

Language
English

AcquisitionMethod
tbe

RelatedImageFile
Batch0264/8286.jpg

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
07/07/2009 05:50:44

URLEncodedDeptName
Art

FormatDescription
poster

AuthorityLink
Unknown

IndexPlace
UK

IndexEvent
Home Front, UK, Second World War

Theme
British Home Front 1939-1945
Recruitment and Conscription
Royal Navy 1939-1945
Women in the Services 1939-1945

CoLStatus
Ready

DigitalAsset
N

IWMImageOwned
Y

DeptName
Art

IDNO
IWM ART 674

ProductionDate
1917

ProductionPeriod
First World War

ItemName
'Duff'

ObjectType
print

IndexConcepts
agriculture / food
comforts
military personnel
ritual
shipping

IndexHistPeriod
First World War

FullSummary
The British Navy traditionally trained boys from an early age, offsetting the hardships of service at sea with the rewards of reliable traditions and comradeship. Brangwyn was commissioned in 1917 by the British Ministry of Information to contribute six lithographs of life at sea to a series of propaganda prints. His prints follow the experiences of young recruits as they become part of a team trained in boat and gunnery drill.
Plum ‘duff’ (a hearty steamed pudding made from suet and dried fruit) was a traditional and necessary remedy for the bitter working conditions at sea. The image aims to reinforce public affection for the Navy and faith in its endurance.
In 1917 the Ministry of Information commissioned nine artists to produce six lithographs each on different aspects of the war effort. This is an example of one of the 'Efforts'. A further twelve artists were commissioned to produce a single image representing the 'Ideals' for which the war was fought. All the lithographs were produced in editions of 200 and the subscription price for a complete set was 100 guineas. The prospectus published on January 1, 1919 described the series as 'a first attempt by a number of British artists, working in unison, to put on record some aspects of the activities called forth by the Great War, and Ideals by which those activities were inspired. The prints were published by the Fine Art Society and produced under the direction of Ernest Jackson, himself a contributor to the 'Ideals' series.

ContextDescription
image: Below decks on board ship, a group of youths in naval rating uniform sit at a wooden table. In the foreground two boys sit on a bench, their backs to the viewer, holding a pudding bowl and spoon at the ready. An older sailor approaches from the left, ceremoniously holding up a large bowl containing a round, steamed pudding.

Format
lithograph

Support
paper

SeriesNotes
One of six prints by Brangwyn, from 'Britain's Efforts and Ideals'; Making Sailors

Dimensions
457 mm
355 mm

CopyrightStatus
crown

MakerName
Brangwyn, Frank Sir RA

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information
The Fine Art Society

ProductionTeam
The Avenue Press

ProductionCountry
Great Britain

AcquisitionMethod
transfer

AcquisitionNote
Ministry of Information Commission

AcquisitionDate
27.6.1918

RelatedImageFile
web1art/674.jpg

SubThemeTag
SocietyAndTraditions

UncatTransferDate
13/06/2007 05:50:45

URLEncodedDeptName
Art

FormatDescription
print

AuthorityLink
Brangwyn, Frank Sir RA

DigitalAsset
N

IWMImageOwned
Y