DeptName
Documents

IDNO
494

OtherNumber
88/55/1, 1A & Con Shelf

ItemName
Private Papers of Frederic Wake-Walker

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
A substantial collection of papers, mainly official in character, including daily and weekly reports and ms and ts drafts of memoranda and lectures relating to his appointment as Rear Admiral Minelaying at the Admiralty, with particular reference to his responsibility for co-ordinating counter-measures to the German magnetic mine (October 1939 - May 1940); contemporary signals, official reports, a personal narrative, a few other documents and various charts concerning his service as Flag Officer afloat off Dunkirk in May - June 1940 and the organisation of the evacuation of the BEF (May 1940 - April 1941); official reports from his command of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet, with his flag in HMS NORFOLK and later HMS DEVONSHIRE, covering the pursuit and sinking of the BISMARCK in the Atlantic (May 1941), the mining of the destroyer ACHATES (July 1941), a Fleet Air Arm raid on German shipping in Norwegian waters (July 1941) and convoy escort to North Russia (August - September 1941); together with ms and ts drafts of two poems which he wrote on active service in the North Atlantic.

MakerName
Wake-Walker

Forenames
Frederic

Honours
KCB CBE

Style
Admiral Sir

RelatedIWMItems
See DCAR

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
7865

OtherNumber
P38-41 & PP/MCR/C4

ItemName
Private Papers of Dudley de Chair

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Extensive collection of records of his naval career, 1881 - 1923, and of his appointment as Governor General of New South Wales, 1923 - 1930, most notably including the typescript drafts of his published autobiography THE SEA IS STRONG (Harrap, 1961); diaries covering his service as a midshipman in the Mediterranean Fleet ironclad HMS ALEXANDRA including operations against Arabi Pasha in Egypt (1882), as the executive officer of the Channel Squadron battleship HMS MAJESTIC (1900 - 1901), as Captain of the Home Fleet battleship HMS COLOSSUS (1911 - 1912) and as Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty at the time of the Curragh incident (March - April 1914); official documents, letters, papers and printed items relating to his command, as a Rear Admiral, of the 10th Cruiser Squadron in Northern waters in the enforcement of the blockade against Germany (August 1914 - March 1916); a diary and a few related documents concerning his Presidency of the Inter-Allied Commission for the Disposal of Enemy Vessels (1921 - 1923); and extensive personal correspondence including letters from Admirals of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe (1910 - 1927) and Sir Charles Madden (1914 - 1917), Admirals Sir Lewis Beaumont (1911) and Sir Montague Browning (1914 - 1924) and Rear Admiral E R Pears (1914).

MakerName
de Chair

Forenames
Dudley

Honours
KCB KCMG MVO

Style
Admiral Sir

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
8437

OtherNumber
99/34/1-3

ItemName
Private Papers of Sir Trevylyan Napier

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Extensive collection of records (555 items), almost entirely official in character, including a few papers relating to his command of the battleship HMS BELLEROPHON (1911), the organisation and courses of instruction at the Royal Naval War College, Portsmouth (1913 - 1914) and the test mobilisation of the Home Fleet (June - July 1914), but principally comprising papers covering his commands within the Grand Fleet of the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron (December 1914 - February 1915), the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron (February 1915 - June 1917), the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron (July - December 1917) and the Light Cruiser Force (January 1918 - April 1919), among them many reports, operation orders, memoranda and signals on the deployment of light cruisers when with the Grand Fleet and employed in the North Sea on anti-submarine operations, minelaying and convoy protection, including material on the Battle of Jutland from the ships of the 3rd LCS and from HMS CHESTER, the torpedoing of HMS FALMOUTH during the operations of 19 August 1916, the Heligoland Bight action of 17 November 1917 and the surrender and internment of the German High Seas Fleet, together with instructions on gunnery and torpedo tactics and procedures and memoranda on the qualities of Royal Australian Navy midshipmen; also two personal letters from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield (November - December 1918), submissions about the post-war deployment of the Royal Navy on Home and foreign stations and a number of documents relating to Napier's appointment as Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies Station from December 1919 until his death following a short illness in July 1920.

MakerName
Napier

Forenames
Sir Trevylyan

Honours
KCB MVO

Style
Vice Admiral

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue

RelatedTextFile
TNapier.doc

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
11483

OtherNumber
P65 & PP/MCR/C11

ItemName
Private Papers of Vaughan Morgan

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Ms diary, in two volumes (410pp and 74pp) containing many photographs, covering his appointment as Flag Lieutenant to Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe in the battle cruiser HMS NEW ZEALAND during the period of the Empire Mission, February 1919 - February 1920, with very detailed accounts of the social activities arranged for the Mission in every port in the Dominions which the ship visited and of the popular reaction to Jellicoe in India and elsewhere; copies of naval signals and reports relating to Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk (May - September 1940), during which Morgan had served as Admiral Ramsay's Chief Staff Officer, together with some correspondence with other serving officers about Admiral Ramsay's report (May - June 1941) and with authors and broadcasters researching the Dunkirk evacuation (1957 - 1960); lectures, notes for speeches and related correspondence written during Morgan's appointment as Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard Portsmouth (1946 - 1949); and other articles, notes and papers which he prepared on naval and historical subjects (1934 - 1948) including a paper on disarmament and naval defence written in 1934.

MakerName
Morgan

Forenames
Vaughan

Honours
KBE CB MVO DSC

Style
Admiral Sir

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
11490

OtherNumber
90/35/2 & PP/MCR/93

ItemName
Private Papers of Gerald Dickens

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Records of his naval career, comprising: his ms Midshipman's Journal, in two volumes, covering his service in the cruisers HMS BLAKE, HMS ECLIPSE and HMS CLEOPATRA in Home waters and on the East Indies Station (1896 - 1899); five ms diaries kept during his service in the RN Barracks Portsmouth and in the cruiser HMS KING ALFRED, the destroyer HMS HART and the cruiser HMS HAWKE on the China Station (1905 - 1909), in command of the destroyer HMS HARPY in the Mediterranean and Home waters, including service off the Dardanelles (August - November 1914) and again in support of the Gallipoli campaign (April - December 1915), in command of the cruiser HMS CARLISLE on the China Station (1922 - 1924), in the sloop HMS HAREBELL, as Captain Auxiliary Patrol (1925 - 1926) and in command of the battle cruiser HMS REPULSE in the Atlantic Fleet (1931); ms and ts draft chapters for a proposed memoir of his naval career between 1894 and 1945; two files of interesting letters written and received by him (1915 - 1949), his correspondents including Winston Churchill, Lord Hankey, Admirals of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Sir John Kelly, Sir Dudley Pound, Sir John Cunningham and Lord Fraser of North Cape, Admirals Sir Ragnar Calvin and Sir Wilfrid Patterson and Field Marshal Sir John Dill and the subjects including the Invergordon mutiny and the sinking of the BISMARCK; a further file of 29 letters from Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1950 - 1959) and 4 letters from Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield (1951 - 1959); ts and ms drafts of lectures by Dickens on military and naval matters (ca 1931 - 1935) and correspondence with Rear Admiral R A Currie (1931) concerning the latter's lecture on the escape of the GOEBEN and BRESLAU in August 1914.

MakerName
Dickens

Forenames
Gerald

Honours
KCVO CB CMG

Style
Admiral Sir

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue and also DPH (HU 59222-44) and DPB for Admiral Dickens's own copy of "The Tenedos Times", the 1914 - 1915 journal of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla

RelatedTextFile
GDickens.doc

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
27/09/2006 05:50:02

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DigitalAsset
Y

DeptName
Documents

IDNO
11509

OtherNumber
73/11/4, 4A & PP/MCR/16

ItemName
Private Papers of H Miller

ObjectType
Private Papers

ShortSummary
Microfilm copies of his official service records, including his letters of appointment and flimsies (1898 - 1935); of a ts memoir (231pp), written ca 1942, covering his service as an officer in the Paymaster Branch of the Royal Navy, initially in the Mediterranean Fleet under the commands of Admirals Sir John Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford (1898 - 1901), in two unhappy ships, the cruisers HMS PYRAMUS (1901) and HMS RAINBOW (1902 - 1903), as a clerk to the Captain of the RN Barracks Devonport (1904 - 1906), as Secretary in the battleships HMS ALBEMARLE and HMS CORNWALLIS to the Rear Admiral Second in Command, Atlantic Fleet (1908 - 1909), as Secretary to Captain R E (later Admiral of the Fleet Lord Wester) Wemyss at the RN Barracks Devonport, including the Duke of Connaught's visit to South Africa on the liner BALMORAL CASTLE to open the first Union Parliament (1909 - 1911), as an Assistant Paymaster on the liner MEDINA on which HM King George V and Queen Mary took passage to India for the Delhi Coronation Durbar (1911 - 1912), as Secretary to Wemyss again in the Home Fleet battleship HMS ORION and at the RN Barracks Portsmouth (1912 - 1914), as Paymaster in the Harwich Force light cruiser HMS ARETHUSA (August 1914 - February 1915), as Secretary to Wemyss in his appointment as Senior Naval Officer, Mudros during the Dardanelles campaign (February - December 1915) and his command of the East Indies and Egypt Station, including operations in Mesopotamia, Arabia and Palestine (December 1915 - July 1917), as Second Naval Assistant to Wemyss during his appointments at the Admiralty as Deputy First Sea Lord and then First Sea Lord, with many useful references to Wemyss's professional qualities and personality (late 1917 - June 1919); of Miller's diary (81pp) kept during the Duke and Duchess of Connaught's visit to South Africa (October - December 1910); of his ms diary (88pp) of the royal visit to India for the Coronation Durbar (November 1911 - January 1912); of his ms diary (139pp) of service as Paymaster in HMS ARETHUSA including excellent accounts of the Battle of the Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914, the Christmas Day air raid on Cuxhaven, the Battle of the Dogger Bank and the Harwich Force's sweeps and patrols in the North Sea (August 1914 - February 1915); of three contemporary ts articles (39pp in total) describing life in Hong Kong, Wei-Hai-Wei and on the West River during his appointment as Secretary to Vice Admiral (later Admiral) Sir Alexander Duff, Commander-in-Chief, China Station (1919 - 1921); and of ms drafts of speeches on naval matters given on the conclusion of his last commission at sea (1930) and during his retirement (1934 - 1946) and of an ms letter on the Munich settlement (1938). The microfilms are accompanied by an extensive collection of original papers, largely official in character, covering in particular his appointments during the First World War and his service as the officer in charge of the RN W/T training establishments at Chicksands, Bedfordshire (1940 - 1941), Soberton Towers, Hampshire (1941 - 1942) and St Bede's, Eastbourne, Sussex (1942 - 1945).

MakerName
Miller

Forenames
H

Honours
CB DSO

Style
Rear Admiral

RelatedIWMItems
See full catalogue and DCAR (DEAF/DPB/DPH Q90514-17)

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

WebStatus
published

UncatTransferDate
23/06/2006 12:46:31

URLEncodedDeptName
Documents

Access
Unrestricted

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MAR 555

ProductionDate
1939 (Completed)

ItemName
Ship, HMS Belfast, British

IndexPlaces
Arctic, Channel (D-Day), Far East

IndexUnits
GB.N and Royal Navy

FullSummary
HMS Belfast is an Edinburgh-class cruiser completed in August 1939. Her main armament comprises 12 x 6-inch guns. Belfast joined the 18th Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet, but was badly damaged by a mine in the Firth of Forth in November 1939. She emerged from protracted dockyard repairs in 1942 and joined the Home Fleet on Arctic convoy duties. Belfast’s radar fit made her one of the most powerful cruisers in service.
On 26 December 1943 she participated in the battle of the North Cape and the sinking of the Scharnhorst. Belfast was Headquarters Ship of the Eastern Task Force during the Normandy landings in 1944. She was deployed in the Pacific theatre in 1945, and later saw action during the Korean War. She was paid off in 1963 and became a museum ship in 1971.
HMS Belfast is a National Historic Ships Committee Core Collection vessel.

ProductionCompany
Harland and Wolff

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
Edinburgh-class heavy cruiser

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MAR 563

ProductionDate
1916

ItemName
ship, Coastal Motor Boat (CMB 4), British

ObjectType
boat

IndexPeople
Agar, A W S (Captain VC)

IndexPlaces
North Sea and Baltic Sea

IndexUnits
Royal Navy, CMB 4, coastal motor boat

IndexHistPeriod
First World War
Interwar

FullSummary
The first twelve 40-foot Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs) were ordered by the Admiralty from J I Thornycroft's in January 1916, and by August were delivered. They were armed with one 18-inch torpedo and Lewis guns, and could make well over 30 knots. CMB 4 was one of this batch. CMB 4 had a most distinguished career. Initially she was based at Dunkirk, operating as part of the Dover Patrol, and taking part in raids on Ostend and Zeebrugge, including the famous Zeebrugge Raid of 23rd April, 1918. In 1919 CMB 4, commanded by Lieutenant Augustus Agar, was used on Secret Service operations in the Baltic. In June Agar and CMB 4 sank the Bolshevik cruiser 'Oleg'. Agar was awarded the VC. In August Agar and CMB 4, with other CMBs participated in Operation RK, the famous attack on Kronstadt Harbour. Two VCs were awarded and Agar received the DSO. CMB 4 was exhibited at the Motor Boat Exhibition at Olympia in 1920 and subsequently at the IWM/Crystal Palace. CMB 4 is listed in the National Historic Ships Committee's Core Collection of Historic Vessels

ProductionCompany
J Thornycroft, Hampton, Middlesex

RelatedImageFile
MAR_000563.jpg

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
23/02/2009 05:51:12

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
motor boat, constructed of wood; L (hull) 40ft (44ft including torpedo rails); W 8.5ft.

Access
On display at IWM Duxford

IndexPlace
Baltic Sea

IndexPlaceDetail
Kronstadt Harbour

IndexEvent
Raid on Zeebrugge 1918, North Sea, First World War
Naval Operations, First World War

Theme
Naval Warfare
Naval Warfare 1914-1918
Royal Navy 1914-1918
Russia 1914-1919

CoLStatus
Ready

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MOD 355

ProductionDate
1942

ItemName
Operation Chariot (St Nazaire Raid) Briefing Model

ObjectType
model

IndexPlaces
St Nazaire

IndexUnits
GB.F

FullSummary
The object of Operation Chariot, the raid on St Nazaire on 27-28 March 1942, was to destroy the lock gate at the entrance to the huge dry dock which had been designed for the liner Normandie and was the only dock in western France that was capable of accommodating the German battleship Tirpitz.
Early on 28 March, an old destroyer, HMS Campbeltown, loaded with explosives, rammed the lock gate. Commandos landed from the destroyer, and also from smaller vessels at the Old Entrance and the Old Mole.
The Campbeltown exploded several hours later, demolishing the gate and so depriving the Tirpitz of a base on the French Atlantic coast.
Commandos also destroyed or damaged dock machinery but only four of eighteen escorting vessels returned. 144 members of the raiding force were killed or missing and another 215 were captured during the operation.
Five Victoria Crosses were won during this operation, of which 2 are on display in the Museum's Victoria Cross and George Cross Exhibition.

ProductionCompany
RAF Medmenham

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
This is one of the original briefing models made by the RAF Model Making Section, at the Central Interpretation Unit, Medmenham, for Operation Chariot, prior to the actual raid that took place on the night of 27-28 March 1942.
It is made from wood and plaster, and is 57in x 24in x 3in.

Access
On display at IWM London

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MOD 35

ItemName
Landing Craft Tank Mk III & LCT (3)

ObjectType
model

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy & LCT 396

FullSummary
During the 1920s, serious consideration was given to the question of invasion from the sea, for as a maritime nation, it was obvious that in future wars which were going to be as widespread as the First World War, Britain would have to at some time carry out assaults from the sea.
It seemed simple enough to land troops, but to establish a bridgehead they would need support from tanks, armoured cars, and ideally, mobile artillery.
Initial planning assumed that the landing craft would be carried by a large ship, slung from davits, and this immediately imposed limits on the size and weight of the landing craft.
A prototype was built in 1929, which was disappointing and matters stagnated until 1938 when fresh designs were sought, finalising in a craft called the LCM(I) (Landing Craft Mechanised MkI), capable of carrying one 16-ton tank. Some of these assisted with the evacuation at Dunkirk in 1940 when they were the only craft capable of putting a tank ashore.
The LCMs were very limited in their use, as they could only carry one tank, and a further disadvantage was that they had to be transported to the scene of the landing. Although in 1937 some thought was given to building landing craft with a larger carrying capacity, based on the First World War X-lighter, nothing more was done, mainly because the important role that the tank would play in land warfare was not appreciated.

However, after Dunkirk, when Great Britain was cut off from the continent, it was obvious that a seaborne invasion was inevitable, and a specification was drawn up for craft to transport large numbers of tanks across the Channel.
The first TLC MkI (Tank Landing Craft MkI) was produced in 1940, and led to a whole series of craft that were subsequently termed LCT (Landing Craft, Tank).
The LCT MkIII was 192ft long, and could carry the following tank loads: 5 Churchills, or 11 Valentines or 11 Shermans, at up to 10 knots.

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
This is a full-hull model of LCT 396, a MkIII (Landing Craft, Tank) and illustrates the classic features of a Landing Craft, namely a box-like hull, shallow draft and lowering front ramp. It is built to a scale of 1/48 and is 48in long.

Access
Access by prior appointment

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MOD 384

ItemName
HMS Hood

ObjectType
model

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy & HMS Hood

FullSummary
HMS Hood was the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy, in 1920, and carried eight 15in guns. During the action against the Bismark and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen 24 May 1941, the Hood was struck by shells from both ships and blew up. Only three of her ship's company of 95 officers and 1324 men survived.

ProductionCompany
Harris R W N (Rev)

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
This waterline model represents the ship in her 1933 appearance, and is built to a scale of 1/192.
The model is 55in x 8.5in x 10.5in high, and is largely made of wood.

Access
On display at IWM London

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
MOD 994

ProductionDate
1970s

ItemName
HMS Hermes (1982 appearance)

ObjectType
model

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy & HMS Hermes

FullSummary
HMS Hermes was built by Messrs. Armstrong Whitworths (Shipbuilders) Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, having been laid down on June 21, 1944, launched by Lady (then Mrs.) Winston Churchill on February 16, 1953, and then accepted for service in November 1959.

Known as the Hermes (Modernised) Class, to distinguish her from the Centaur Class, of which she was originally a sister ship, she was of 22,500 tons standard displacement.
When the new Sea Harrier came into operation, she was given a special ramp to allow her to operate the new aircraft, and subsequently became the flagship in the Falkland's conflict in 1982.
Only two years later, she was put into reserve and then sold to India in 1986, where she became INS Viraat.

ProductionCompany
John Glossop Modelmakers, 83 High Street, Linton, Cambs CB1 6JT

Weighting
1

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
This is a waterline model on a seascape, and was one of a batch made by John Glossop Modelmakers for the Ministry of Defence, before the Falklands Conflict. It was upgraded in 1996 by Glossop Modelmakers to the correct configuration for the 1982 Conflict, notably, by the addition of the ski ramp.
The model is largely made of resin and metal, and is built to a scale of 1/100. The overall size, including the seascape, is 130cm x 36cm x 31cm high.

Access
On display at IWM London

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
ORD 156

ItemName
15-inch Mk I Naval Gun

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy

FullSummary
The 15 inch gun was designed before the First World War and was first used operationally by the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1915 at Gallipoli. It was the most powerful naval gun in the world at this time, and fired a 1,938lb shell at a muzzle velocity of 2,640 feet a second up to a range of 26,700 yards (over 16 miles). It gave excellent service in two World Wars both in destroying enemy warships and shore targets, and was fitted to 22 ships of the Royal Navy - 11 battleships, 5 battlecruisers and 6 monitors. A well-trained crew, operating a twin 15 inch-gunned turret, could fire 2 rounds from each gun in a minute.
The two 15 inch guns displayed by the Imperial War Museum saw service variously in the battleships Ramillies and Resolution, and the monitor Roberts, and were acquired in 1968.

ProductionCompany
William Beardmore

RelatedIWMItems
ORD 157

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
The 15-in gun was designed before the First World War
and was first used operationally in 1915 by the battleship
HMS "Queen Elizabeth" at Gallipoli.

The 15in Mk 1 Naval Gun was fitted to 22 ships of the
Royal Navy- 11 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, and 6
monitors. It rendered excellent service in two World
Wars, both in destroying enemy warships and shore
targets.

The 15in gun fired a 1,938 lb shell at a muzzle
velocity of 2,640ft a second, up to a range of 28,700 yards
(Over 16 miles). A well trained crew operating a twin-15
in- gunned turret could fire 2 rounds each gun a minute.

DeptName
Exhibits

IDNO
ORD 157

ItemName
15-inch Mk I Naval Gun

IndexUnits
GB.N & Royal Navy

FullSummary
The 15 inch gun was designed before the First World War and was first used operationally by the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1915 at Gallipoli. It was the most powerful naval gun in the world at this time, and fired a 1,938lb shell at a muzzle velocity of 2,640 feet a second up to a range of 26,700 yards (over 16 miles). It gave excellent service in two World Wars both in destroying enemy warships and shore targets, and was fitted to 22 ships of the Royal Navy - 11 battleships, 5 battlecruisers and 6 monitors. A well-trained crew, operating a twin 15 inch-gunned turret, could fire 2 rounds from each gun in a minute.
The two 15 inch guns displayed by the Imperial War Museum saw service variously in the battleships Ramillies and Resolution, and the monitor Roberts, and were acquired in 1968.

ProductionCompany
Vickers, Son and Maxim

RelatedIWMItems
ORD 156

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 11:14:35

URLEncodedDeptName
Exhibits

FormatDescription
The 15-in gun was designed before the First World War
and was first used operationally in 1915 by the battleship
HMS "Queen Elizabeth" at Gallipoli.

The 15in Mk 1 Naval Gun was fitted to 22 ships of the
Royal Navy- 11 battleships, 5 battlecruisers, and 6
monitors. It rendered excellent service in two World
Wars, both in destroying enemy warships and shore
targets.

The 15in gun fired a 1,938 lb shell at a muzzle
velocity of 2,640ft a second, up to a range of 28,700 yards
(Over 16 miles). A well trained crew operating a twin-15
in- gunned turret could fire 2 rounds each gun a minute.

DeptName
Film

IDNO
GWY 1216

ProductionDate
1942

ItemName
SCHLACHT AUF DEM ATLANTIK : ein Film des deutschen Seegeltungswerkes [Main]
[BATTLE IN THE ATLANTIC : a film of German sea power] [translation]

IndexObjects
operations, German naval - routine
combat, German - submarine
ceremonies, German - customary: crossing Equator
supplies, German, movement [FA] - misc: submarine
industry, German - ships: submarines
industry, German - munitions: torpedoes
ships, German naval - battleship: Scharnhorst
ships, German naval - battleship: Gneisenau

IndexPlaces
France & Saint Nazaire
France & Dieppe, Seine-Maritime
English Channel
Atlantic Ocean

IndexUnits
DE.N & Scharnhorst
DE.N & Gneisenau
DE.N & 7th U-boat Flotilla & Flotilla Wegener

ShortSummary
Compilation uses film of U-boat successes and the Channel dash as evidence of the German Navy's increasing strength and effectiveness.

FullSummary
Reel 1. Commentary claims over opening sequence of U-boat torpedoing ship that German submarine warfare in the Atlantic is part of the global attack by the Axis navies against Anglo-US mastery of the sea. Map shows the vulnerability of the Pacific to the Japanese Navy and German control of the Channel exercised by the Luftwaffe, Navy and coastal batteries (illustrated with appropriate film, including the Channel dash). Construction of U-boats and manufacture of torpedoes has given Germany biggest submarine fleet in world. Defensive strength is exemplified by failure of British raids at St Nazaire and Dieppe. Map indicates immense distances which U-boats cover between Western Europe and the North American Atlantic seaboard. Scenes on board U-boat show plotting of course on chart, cooking in galley, diving and surfacing, engine room activity and commander at periscope. (Soundtrack here indicates attack on convoy using torpedoes.)
Reel 2. Periscope shows sinking vessel. Sailor with hydrophones hears approach of destroyer and U-boat dives to avoid depth charges. After alarm U-boat surfaces to shell a steamer. Map of Atlantic between France and South America shows other main operational area for U-boats; crew of U-boat bearing snorting bull emblem of Flotilla Wegener cross the line with traditional ceremony for Neptune. Crew in solar topees transfer stores aboard from other vessel. Voyage continues through heavy seas, with sailor lookouts scanning horizon until smoke is spotted.

ContextDescription
Acquisition: captured German material transferred from Admiralty
Production: credits indicate "filmed by Marine-Propaganda-Abteilung"
Summary: this is based on separate bench viewing of negatives ADM 1117 (Reel 1) and ADM 1115 (Reel 2) and playing of sound ADM 1143 (Reel 1) and ADM 1140 (Reel 2). There are gaps on both sound and picture, so after printing cuts need to be carefully checked against sound.
Remarks: although film is based on newsreel footage, and technical condition of our copy is poor, this title is probably worth preserving as an illustration of Nazi Germany's pretensions to maritime world power status. I am not aware of this title being held elsewhere

Duration
16 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
2

Dimensions
1501 ft

ProductionSponsor
Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine

ProductionTeam
Aletan, Georg (Dr): director

ProductionCountry
Germany

Language
German

LanguageMainTitles
German

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM-GERMAN

DeptName
Film

IDNO
ADM 2114

ProductionDate
1959 (ca)

ItemName
the ROLE OF THE NAVY [Main]

ShortSummary
Documentary which includes footage of ships «HMS Ark Royal», «HMS Bulwark», «HMS Crichton» and «HMS Tiger»; Westland Whirlwind helicopter; and shots of Venice and Valencia.

ContextDescription
Technical: 16mm single reel, although a 3-reel mute 35mm copy is also held.

Duration
25 mins

Format
16mm

Colour
B&W

Sound
Sound

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
910 ft

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

DeptName
Film

IDNO
ADM 4675

ProductionDate
1973

ItemName
[FISHERY DISPUTE WITH ICELAND IN 1973] [Allocated]
[POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - COD WAR] [series, allocated]

IndexEvents
Cod War & 1973

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - frigate: Lincoln (F.99)
ships, British naval - frigate: Sirius (F.40)
ships, British naval - frigate: Whitby
ships, British naval - frigate: Leopard (F.14)
ships, British naval - frigate: Jupiter (F.60)
ships, British naval - frigate: Scylla (F.71)
ships, British naval - frigate: Arethusa (F.38)
ships, British naval - frigate: Charybdis (F.75)
ships, British naval - supply: Olwen (A.122)
ships, British civilian - assistance: Lloydsman
ships, Icelandic naval - gunship: Aegir
ships, Icelandic naval - gunship: Odinn
ships, Icelandic naval - gunship: Thor
ships, Icelandic naval - gunship: Albert
ships, Icelandic naval - gunship: Arvakur
operations, British naval - search: Cod War

IndexUnits
GB.N & Lincoln
GB.N & Sirius
GB.N & Whitby
GB.N & Ariadne
GB.N & Lynx
GB.N & Andromeda
GB.N & Galatea
GB.N & Leopard
GB.N & Jupiter
GB.N & Scylla
GB.N & Charybdis
GB.N & Arethusa
GB.N & Olwen
IS.N & Aegir
IS.N & Odinn
IS.N & Thor
IS.N & Albert
IS.N & Arvakur

ShortSummary
Miscellaneous film shot from Royal Navy frigates involved in screening British trawlers from Icelandic gunboats in the 'cod war' of 1973. Several collisions between the rival warships are recorded.

FullSummary
Reel Four. XLS of an Icelandic gunboat harassing a trawler. Various shots of «HMS Lincoln» (F.99) at sea. Reel Five. Aerial LS off the port beam of «HMS Sirius» (F.40) underway with Icelandic coast in the background - the aircraft crosses the frigate's bows and flies down her starboard side. Aerials of «Sirius» guarding a trawler and underway. Cut to LSs of the Icelandic coast from frigate at sea. MS of «Sirius'» bridge from raised focsle deck. Sailor scrubs down the flightdeck. Reel Six. HA aft down the port side of a frigate as she is 'broadsided' by the Icelandic gunboat «Aegir». The cameraship pulls ahead, then reverses course to close the gunboat. MSs of the «Aegir» apparently hove to in rough sea. Reel Seven. MS of «Odinn» underway off the Icelandic coast, taken from a Royal Naval frigate steaming a parallel course. Telephoto of the 57mm gun in gazebo on focsle and pan aft to ship's name plate on bridge and radar on foremast. An Icelander regards the cameraship. HA to the «Odinn» alongside after an attempt to highside the cameraship. The gunboat makes sternway to get clear of the frigate. Reel Eight. LS of a trawler, and pan left to the «Aegir» close to the cameraship. «Aegir» is towing a chain to cut the trawler's nets. Various shots as «Aegir» manoeuvres for position. Sequence showing the gunboat «Thor» as the cameraship dogs her attempts to close on a group of trawlers - from the gunboat's stern a wire stretches to a towed float. CU as «Thor» highsides her pursuer. Reel Nine. «Thor» runs past frigate and trawler. LS of «Aegir» being shadowed by a Leander Class frigate. «Aegir» steams past left to right, and MS of her hove to in a slight sea, the shadowing Leander still close by - the gunboat makes off. LS sequence in foggy conditions - «Odinn», trawlers, and «Thor» are present. Clear weather - frigate intercepts «Aegir». Reel Ten. Sequence filmed from «HMS Ariadne». LS as «Thor» and «HMS Whitby» clash while a trawler steams across mid-screen. The frigate moves off, crossing in front of the gunboat. Trawler turns to put «Whitby» between herself and the «Thor». Reel Eleven and Twelve. Taken from «HMS Lynx». «Thor» circles a trawler - the gunboat is dogged by a RN Wasp. Further shots of trawlers and the «Thor». An aircraft passes overhead in the dense cloud cover. More of «Thor» harassing trawlers. Reel Thirteen. Taken from «HMS Sirius» ? Pan left from a British air direction frigate to the «Aegir» - low, overcast conditions. Frigate's Wasp overflies «Aegir», now hove to. MS of «Aegir's» stern with chain tow. Three men walk the gunboat's flightdeck. CUs of towed chain as «Aegir» gets underway and pan up to her radar. Sequence taken from «Andromeda» - LS of Icelandic gunboat «Albert» and a trawler - the tug «Lloydsman» (?) circles the small gunboat. MS of two trawlers hove to - the cameraship sends off a Gemini. LS as «Aegir» circles «Andromeda» to cross close astern of a stern trawler - having accomplished this and presumably damaged the trawler's gear, the gunboat steams off. Shots of «Thor» in a rough sea. Reel Twenty-Six. Colour Sections. (i) Scene onboard a trawler as net is brought in and emptied of cod. MLS off port bow of a trawler in low light - she has her navigation lights on. CUs on the cameraship show deck lights and rigging covered in ice - a Leander Class frigate is visible in the background of some shots. (ii) «HMS Galatea». Two men clear snow from the flightdeck. A man hoses down the waist to melt encrusted ice. Another chips ice from the superstructure. Shots from the frigate's helicopter as it closes on the ship, and onboard shots as Flight Deck officer directs the Wasp to a landing - flightdeck crew immediately secure the aircraft. The Wasp takes off again. (iii) MS aft over quarterdeck of a trawler - a Wasp from «HMS Charybdis» hovers to lower a small canvas bag down to the cameraship. (iv) «HMS Sirius» in heavy seas. MS through the bridge windows - the focsle is smothered in water and spray. Aerial shots show the frigate's bows burying themselves in the long oceanic swell (there are very few white caps), throwing up great quantities of water as they lift, and the ship's whole forebody coming clear of the water as she rises. MSs aft over the flightdeck emphasise the pitching of the ship. (v) The tug «Lloydsman» comes alongside the cameraship («HMS Scylla» ?) in a heavy sea to receive a line by Costin gun - a canvas bag passes between the ships. A similar sequence with the frigate «HMS Leopard» (F.14) alongside to receive the line. (vi) Black and white. Jackstay transfer of materials between cameraship and RFA «Olwen» (A.122). LA.MS as a Wasp uses its winch to lift a man off the cameraship's flightdeck - a helicopter crewman fits the man into the winch sling and rides up with him. (vii) Colour. Aerial of «HMS Jupiter» (F.60) from the frigate's helicopter which then flies off to circle over two trawlers. XLS of a RAF Nimrod as it banks away. (viii) Black and white. MSs of «Aegir» running on either quarter of the cameraship and then closed up directly astern. Cut to HA of «Odinn» running alongside to starboard - she closes in an attempt to highside the cameraship, then falls astern and makes off. (ix) Colour. LS of Icelandic tug «Arvakur» as it circles a stern trawler - a second trawler stands off in the background. Cut to LS of «Aegir» - she closes to ram and catches the cameraship near the stern - the shock is perceptible at the camera point further forward. CU of the quarterdeck siderail, flattened by the collision. «Aegir» makes a second attack. Cut to LS of a decayed ice flow. (x) Black and white. Aerial LS over a scattered fishing fleet - «Aegir» is present, sparring with two frigates, a Type 12 and the Type 61 «HMS Lincoln» (F.99). «Aegir» rams «Lincoln». A RN Commander watches the battle through one of the camera-aircraft's passenger windows. «Aegir» rams «Lincoln» a second time. Reel Twenty-Seven. (i) Colour. «Thor» molests some trawlers. Cut to «Aegir» at speed in a calm sea - ahead of her is a trawler towards which she and the cameraship are both racing. «Aegir» changes course to pass astern of the cameraship. As the two ships steam abreast again, a man can be seen running along the gunboat's flightdeck and down to the maindeck below. LS as «Aegir» bears down on a luckless trawler. Cut to MLS off port quarter of «Odinn», and telephotos of her bridge, spectators crowding the bridge wing, and her main navigational radar. (ii) Shots as Reel Twenty-Six, showing «Lloydsman» and «Leopard» alongside for transfers. LA.CU of «Scylla's» 4.5-inch turret. On the flightdeck the Wasp is readied for flight. (iii) Black and white - generally rather a confused section. Shots from in front of the bridge to frigate's raised focsle - a little spray is coming in over the bows. A party on the focsle lay out rope in preparation for a jackstay transfer. RFA «Olwen» (A.122) closes on the cameraship. Focsle party readies a cargo net. With «Olwen» alongside, the jackstay is first tested with a two-ton dead weight before the cargo net is slung from the traveller to be hauled across to the «Olwen». LS sequence showing the gunboat «Thor» harassing trawlers. CUs of the «Aegir» running alongside. Continuation of the replenishment sequence, with a fuel line being transferred from «Olwen». LSs of trawlers at sea. LS of «Aegir» and «HMS Charybdis» (F.75) jockeying for position - the frigate turns away and steams off as the cameraship closes on «Aegir». «HMS Arethusa» (F.38) passes. The cameraship pursues «Aegir» as the gunboat steams towards a trawler. Similar sequence involving the «Odinn». Fragment of another replenishment - MS to the stern of RFA «Wave Chief» (A.265). MS to starboard forebody of «HMS Scylla» (F.71), rigged for a jackstay transfer - officers on the bridge wave to the passing cameraship. (iv) Colour. LA to the blue and yellow fishery protection pennant on «Scylla's» funnel. LS past one of the ship's Oerlikons to the distant «Thor». LAs to pennant, single-bedstead aerial of Type 965 radar on the mainmast, and navigational radar on the foremast. (v) Black and white. «Aegir» runs alongside. MS to two men standing on deck apparently unconcerned as «Aegir» , now turning in to ram, looms above them - the impact of the collision vibrates the camera. Further shots of «Aegir» running alongside and crossing astern of the cameraship. (vi) Colour fragments. LA to «Scylla's» mainmast array again. Shots of «Thor» and then «Aegir». Damage to frigate's quarterdeck siderail. CUs of a bearded crewman, wearing a woolly hat. Ice flow. Mainmast array. Reel Twenty-Eight. Colour with voice-over commentary. Cameraship is «HMS Diomede» on station thirty-one miles off the Icelandic coast. HA to the gunboat «Baldur» steaming alongside - she swings her stern round to catch the frigate's side but just misses. As they run alongside both ships sound on their sirens the international signal 'You are not doing your best to avoid collision'. HA as «Baldur» comes very close alongside before sheering off again. LS of the «Baldur's» target, the Grimsby trawler «Carlisle». As «Diomede» speeds to intercept the gunboat, there is another "Cod War collision" as the frigate's bows hit the gunboat's stern. Finally the «Baldur» achieves its object, towing her wirecutters across the «Carlisle's» wake, "but it was too late, the nets were already coming in over the Carlisle's decks, and the bitter skirmish between the Navy frigate and Icelandic gunboat ended in stalemate."

ContextDescription
Technical: Reels One to Three and Fourteen to Twenty-Five were not available for viewing at the time of cataloguing

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Mute

NumberOfParts
29

ProductionSponsor
Department of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence [Royal Navy]

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
None

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/01/2009 05:50:10

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
CBE 202

ProductionDate
1941

ItemName
HM NAVIES GO TO SEA [Main]

IndexObjects
aircraft, British naval - combat: Fairey Fulmar
aircraft, British naval - combat: Fairey Swordfish
propaganda, British - inspirational
ships, German naval - battleship: Bismarck
ships, German naval - battleship: Admiral Graf Spee
ships, Italian naval - cruiser: Bartolomeo Colleoni

IndexPeople
George VI, King

IndexPlaces
GB, England & Portland, Dorset

IndexUnits
GB.N

ShortSummary
A view of the Empire's Navies, in peace and war, designed to emphasise their size and power, worldwide distribution, and fighting character (in explicit contrast to Axis navies).

FullSummary
An interesting attempt is made to evaluate the differing roles of air and sea power (some good material on aircraft carriers, with Swordfish and Fulmar planes) but submarines are scarcely mentioned. Much of the material is simple stock shot compilation - there is also some good coverage (including Italian film) of the raid on Taranto and sinking of the «Bartolomeo Colleoni», and less good material on the «Bismarck» and «Admiral Graf Spee» actions. Includes film of George VI at a Naval Review at Portland and closes with naval officers toasting Nelson.

ContextDescription
Remarks: second of 4 newsreel compilations - see remarks to THE EMPIRE'S NEW ARMIES (CBE 201).

Duration
11 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
979 ft

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information

ProductionCompany
British Movietone News

ProductionTeam
Wiggins, Sydney: film editor
Sanger, Gerald: script

ProductionCast
Mitchell, Leslie: commentary

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
LPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
CCN 217

ProductionDate
1944

ItemName
CORVETTE 'PORT ARTHUR' [Main]
WORLD IN ACTION [series]

IndexObjects
combat, Canadian naval - anti-submarine
operations, Canadian naval - routine
prisoners of war, German - surrender
ships, Canadian naval - escort: Port Arthur
ships, German naval - submarine: U-15

IndexPlaces
Atlantic Ocean

IndexUnits
CA.N & Port Arthur
DE.N & U-15

ShortSummary
"A true story" illustrating the growing size and importance of the Canadian navy by a portrait of «HMCS Port Arthur» on convoy escort duty with an account (partly reconstructed) of her successful action against a German U-boat.

FullSummary
Opens with general material on corvettes and North Atlantic convoy life ("action stations", arctic weather etc). Introduction to the «HMCS Port Arthur» ("a highly mobile weapon of destruction") and her officers; convoy ships loading; captains attend briefing (long sequence). Convoy sets sail: rough seas, fog. Life on board the corvette; the submarine hunt sequence (asdic, "action stations", depth charges) - the submarine («U-15») surfaces, crew surrenders, the corvette's boarding party attempt to capture U-boat intact, but she is scuttled; the victory celebrated. Closes with general remarks on Canadian naval power, illustrated with shots of heavy guns firing etc.

ContextDescription
Production: this short film (produced without the involvement of the original director) is largely made up of footage from the 50 minute film ACTION STATIONS made for the NFB by Joris Ivens in 1942. Individual credits given are those for the original film - none appears on this version.
Remarks: quite good - an interesting contrast to the earlier, much more modest, ATLANTIC PATROL (CCN 202).

Duration
20 mins

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

ProductionSponsor
National Film Board of Canada

ProductionCompany
United Artists

ProductionTeam
Ivens, Joris: director
Borradaile, Osmond: cameraman
Villiers, Francois: cameraman

ProductionCountry
Canada

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
LPU

DeptName
Film

IDNO
COI 164

ProductionDate
12/1941

ItemName
NAVAL OPERATIONS [Main]

IndexObjects
operations, British air - routine:
operations, British naval - routine:
ships, German naval - battleship: Admiral Graf Spee [diagrams]
ships, German naval - battleship: Bismarck [diagrams]
strategy, British

IndexUnits
GB.F & Coastal Command
GB.N

ShortSummary
A rough analysis of various sea battles of the early war years is combined with a description of various classes of warship to provide basic information on the character of contemporary naval combat.

FullSummary
An opening sequence (including 'News' excerpts and part of Churchill's description of his 'Atlantic Charter' voyage) indicates the worldwide distribution and activities of the Navy. Representative film of battleships, aircraft carriers, carrier-based and Coastal Command aircraft, cruisers and destroyers, with descriptions of their characteristics, is interspersed with animated diagrams of the «Bismarck», «Admiral Graf Spee» and Cape Mataplan battles indicating the tactical and strategic ideas governing their deployment ("All naval success depends on these units working together as one team"). "These are some of the tools with which we shall finish the job."

ContextDescription
Remarks: nothing on offensive submarine warfare and very little on the convoy system, but otherwise good fulfilment of the intentions of the film - especially considering its brevity.

Duration
9 mins

Format
P 1/35/N

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
1

Dimensions
790 ft

ProductionSponsor
Ministry of Information

ProductionCompany
Shell

ProductionTeam
Tharp, Grahame: director
Anstey, Edgar: producer
Rodker, Francis: diagrams

ProductionCast
Willard, Edmund: commentary spoken

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
To be established

DeptName
Film

IDNO
COI 323

ProductionDate
1965 (ca)

ItemName
LATE CALL [Main]

IndexUnits
GB.A
GB.F
GB.N

ShortSummary
Film, introduced by Captain Guy Morgan DSO, charting how a naval assault task force could be deployed. Footage is based on the exercise "Dark Night".

FullSummary
The film shows: scenes of war in South-East Asia; a conference of United States officials summing up tactics; the Royal Marine Commandos going on board «HMS Bulwark», with footage and discussion of this ship; «HMS Victorious», with Sea Vixen landing on the flight deck; the Gannet, now mainly used for anti-submarine patrol; the Royal Fleet Auxiliary delivering delivering supplies and fuel; that there is a view to carry out the assault from two separate areas within twenty-four hours and a discussion of the situation at that moment; what exactly a task force is and does; «HMS Kent», missile destroyer; flying over the jungle and men landing from helicopters with everything going as planned; the reason for a task force and the importance of combined operations, and the men planning the next move and talking of the important role that the Navy still has to play.

Duration
65 mins

Format
P 1/16/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
comopt

NumberOfParts
2

Dimensions
2388 ft

ProductionSponsor
Central Office of Information

ProductionTeam
Mason, Barry J: film editor

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
English

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
None

OtherReferences
COI Files in Production Office - transfer details, miscellaneous production details

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
20/02/2009 05:50:26

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
IWM 551

ProductionDate
10/1918 (after)

ItemName
the EMPIRE'S SHIELD : the Royal Navy [Main]

IndexEvents
12/3(26)
12/3(261.2).841
12/3(261.2).842

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - battleship: Hercules
ships, British naval - battleship: Canada
ships, British naval - battleship: Revenge
ships, British naval - battleship: Emperor of India
ships, British naval - battleship: Benbow
ships, British naval - battleship: Lion
ships, British naval - battleship: Renown
ships, British naval - battleship: Queen Elizabeth
ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Furious
ships, British naval - cruiser: Vindictive
ships, British naval - cruiser: Sappho
ships, British naval - gunship: Erebus
ships, British naval - gunship: Marshal Soult
ships, British naval - gunship: M15 Class
ships, British naval - gunship: Lord Clive Class
ships, British naval - destroyer: Swift
ships, British naval - destroyer: Broke
ships, British naval - destroyer: Linnet (H.43)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Lochinvar (F.42)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Lance (H.23)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Legion (H.54)
ships, British naval - destroyer: North Star (F.45)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Moorsom (H.84)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Ready (G.84)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Rob Roy (G.87)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Rocket (G.88)
ships, British naval - destroyer: Warwick
ships, British naval - destroyer: E Class
ships, British naval - destroyer: F Class
ships, British naval - destroyer: Later Marksman Class Leader
ships, British naval - light forces: ML278
ships, British naval - light forces: ML18
ships, British naval - light forces: Coastal Motor Boat
ships, British naval - minesweeper: Melton (898) & [paddle]
ships, British naval - minesweeper: Sandown (903) & [paddle]
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Kylemore (576) & [paddle]
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Eagle III (534) & [paddle]
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Albyn (587) & [paddle]
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Ravenswood (588) & [paddle]
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Victorian II (GY.1189)
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Drummer Boy (GY.964)
ships, British naval - STR: Arethusa & [sail]
ships, British auxiliary - STR: Medway & [sail]
ships, British auxiliary - assistance: hospital ship
ships, British auxiliary - supply: Castor
ships, British auxiliary - supply: collier
ships, United States naval - cruiser: Birmingham
ships, British civilian - cargo: Carpathia
ships, British civilian - cargo: War Knight
ships, British civilian - cargo: Brussels
ships, British civilian - fishing: Robinia
ships, British civilian - fishing: Zetland
ships, British civilian - fishing: Straton
ships, British civilian - fishing: Oceanic
aircraft, British naval - balloon: observation kite balloon
aircraft, British naval - airship: SS Type
aircraft, British naval - airship: NS Type
aircraft, British naval - airship: C23A
aircraft, British naval - airship: C24
aircraft, British naval - airship: R34
aircraft, British naval - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment BE2c
aircraft, British naval - combat: De Havilland DH6
aircraft, British naval - combat: Sopwith Pup
aircraft, British naval - combat: Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter
aircraft, British naval - combat: Sopwith Camel
aircraft, British naval - combat: Handley Page 0/400
aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Short 184
aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe F2A flying boat
aircraft, United States naval - seaplane: Curtiss H4 Small America & [British]
weapons, British naval - torpedo
weapons, British naval - smallarm: Lewis machine gun
weapons, British naval air - bomb: 230-pound
weapons, British naval - passive: mine
weapons, German naval - passive: mine
weapons, British naval - CBW: smokescreen
weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch coastal gun
communications, British naval - wire: telephone
communications, British naval - direct: signal searchlight
communications, British naval - message: carrier pigeon
communications, British naval - postal: mail call
supplies, British, movement [RA] - food: [+]
supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc
operations, British maritime - routine: convoy
defences, British - passive: dazzle painting
defences, British - emplacement: trenches (training)
equipment, British naval - engineering: crane (floating)
equipment, British naval - surveillance: searchlight
operations, British naval - preparation: ammunitioning
operations, British naval - preparation: provisioning
operations, British naval - preparation: oiling
operations, British naval - preparation: coaling
operations, British naval - sortie
operations, British naval - return
operations, British naval - mines: clearance
operations, British naval - mines: laying
operations, British naval - routine
operations, British naval - escort
operations, British naval air - escort
operations, United States naval - escort

IndexPeople
Montenaro, William H F
Wilson-Barker, D
Hancock, F C
Bacon, Reginald H S
Evans, Edward R G R
Ronarc'h, Pierre
Lyne, Thomas J S
George V, King
Beatty, David
Sturdee, Doveton
Keyes, Roger J B
Pakenham, William C
Hamilton Benn, Ion
Bourke, R
Clark, F H
Lynes, H
Sandford, F H
Jellicoe, John R
Tyrwhitt, Reginald Y
Wemyss, Rosslyn
Madden, Charles E

IndexPlaces
GB, England & Dover, Kent
GB, England & Margate, Kent
GB, England & Ramsgate, Kent
GB, England & Folkestone, Kent
GB, England & Harwich, Essex
GB, England & Felixstowe, Suffolk <seaplane base>
GB, England & Salisbury Plain, Wilts
GB, England & Manston, Kent <airfield>
GB, England & Cranwell, Lincs <RAF College>
GB, England & Northd <Tyneside area & docks>
GB, England & Pangbourne, Berks <Nautical College>
GB, Scotland & Mloth (?) <Clydeside area & shipyards>
GB, Scotland & Rosyth, Fife <docks>
GB, Scotland & East Fortune, Mloth <airship sheds>
GB, Ireland & Queenstown, Co Cork <harbour>
South Africa & Durban <Dongella Wharf>

IndexUnits
GB.N & Worcester
GB.N & Medway
GB.N & Arethusa
GB.N & Broke
GB.N & Swift
GB.N & Erebus
GB.N & Marshal Soult
GB.N & Linnet
GB.N & North Star
GB.N & Lochinvar
GB.N & Lance
GB.N & Legion
GB.N & ML278
GB.N & Pembroke
GB.N & Cyclamen
GB.N & Melton
GB.N & Kylemore
GB.N & Eagle III
GB.N & Sandown
GB.N & Albyn
GB.N & Ravenswood
GB.N & Atalanta II
GB.N & ML18
GB.N & Furious
GB.N & Queen Elizabeth
GB.N & Hercules
GB.N & Princess Royal
GB.N & Plassy
GB.N & Vindictive
GB.N & Sappho
GB.N & Warwick
GB.N & Moorsom
GB.N & Canada
GB.N & Castor
GB.N & Revenge
GB.N & Emperor of India
GB.N & Benbow
GB.N & Lion
GB.N & Renown
GB.N & Vampire
GB.N & Ready
GB.N & Rob Roy
GB.N & Rocket
GB.N & Victorian II
GB.N & Drummer Boy
US.N & Birmingham

ShortSummary
Film tribute to the Royal Navy and merchant marine during 1914-1918.

FullSummary
(Reel 1) The training of a naval cadet - Pangbourne, «HMS Worcester», «HMS Medway». (Reel 2) Scenes from the building of a merchant vessel. Shots of a Standard Tanker being launched on the Clyde, female dockyard labour, dazzle painted merchant ships, etc. (Reel 3) Various types of cargo unloaded at the East India Docks. Grimsby trawlers unloading and preparing for the next voyage. Medium shot groups of merchant officers and crews. (Reel 4) Episode portraying the bombardment of Zeebrugge, 11 May, 1917 - a compilation using stockshots and some actuality material. (Reel 5) Preparation and execution of a sweep by drifters. Close-ups of «HM.TMS Atalanta II». (Reel 6) Dramatic reconstruction of the clearance of a recently laid minefield - swept mines are destroyed by rifle and MG fire. Close-ups of the crew of «Atalanta II». (Reel 7) The Royal Naval Air Service. Probationary flight officers under training at Cranwell. Squadron 'scrambles' at Manston. Aerial views of south coast. Balloons on anti-submarine patrol. (Reel 8) Construction and wheeling out of a Short 184. Seaplane bombed up.«HMS Furious». Felixstowe flying boats. King George V visits the fleet - he meets the crews of various ships. (Reel 9) «HMS Vindictive» and material relating to the Zeebrugge raid. (Reel 10) Scenes onboard «HMS Canada». (Reel 11) First Battle Squadron sorties for live firing practice.

ContextDescription
Remarks: stockshots are used very freely and without much regard for historical truth. Some of the action sequences were obviously constructed in the cutting room - Minelayer 898 leaving Dover with a cargo of deadly "pills" (Reel 5), is «HMS Melton», a minesweeper; the five mines exploded in Reel 6 all share the same explosion; the 'Zeebrugge raid' (Reel 9) indiscriminately combines day and night action.

Duration
190 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
11

Dimensions
11367 ft

ProductionSponsor
Admiralty

ProductionCompany
Engholm, F W

ProductionTeam
Engholm, F W: cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
English

OtherReferences
shotsheet

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Film

IDNO
IWM 553

ProductionDate
11/1917

ItemName
the STORY OF THE DRIFTERS : and of the sea dogs who man them [Main]

IndexEvents
12/3(261.2)
12/3(261.2).842

IndexObjects
ships, British naval - gunship: Erebus & [+]
ships, British naval - gunship: Marshal Soult
ships, British naval - gunship: M15 Class
ships, British naval - destroyer: Broke & [+]
ships, British naval - destroyer: Swift
ships, British naval - destroyer: Marksman Class Leader
ships, British naval - destroyer: Admiralty M Class
ships, British naval - destroyer: Hawthorn M Class & [-]
ships, British naval - destroyer: L Class & [-]
ships, British naval - destroyer: F Class
ships, British naval - destroyer: C Class
ships, British naval - minesweeper: Melton (898) & [paddle]
ships, British naval - minesweeper: Sandown (903) & [paddle]
ships, British auxiliary - minesweeper: Albyn (587) & [paddle]
ships, British naval - light forces: ML55
ships, British naval - light forces: ML275
ships, British naval - light forces: ML278
ships, British naval - light forces: ML279
ships, British naval - private: Muriel (admiral's barge)
equipment, British naval - surveillance: searchlight
weapons, British naval - passive: 65-pound electro-contact mine
weapons, British naval - gun: 6-inch
weapons, British naval - gun: 15-inch
weapons, British naval - torpedo
operations, British naval - mines: clearance
operations, British naval - mines: laying
combat, British naval - bombardment
society, British naval - sustenance: meat ration
animals, mammals: cat (mascot)
animals, mammals: dog (mascot)

IndexPeople
Peck, Ambrose M
Evans, Edward R G R
Bacon, Reginald H S
Bowring, Humphrey
Ronarc'h, Pierre

IndexPlaces
GB, England & Grimsby, Lincs <harbour>
France & Dunkirk, Nord <anchorage>

IndexUnits
GB.N & Melton
GB.N & Sandown
GB.N & Albyn
GB.N & Broke
GB.N & Swift
GB.N & Erebus
GB.N & ML275
GB.N & ML279
GB.N & ML278
GB.N & ML55

ShortSummary
Tribute to the men of the minelaying and minesweeping drifters.

FullSummary
(Reel 1) Their work on shore, preparing a mined anti-submarine net - wire splicing, making nets, fitting floats, detonators, etc. Work on the water - Lowestoft drifter loads netting and cable. Two types of mines - electro-contract mine for attachment to an AS net, and the floating mine (represented on screen by a buoy?). Drifters leave port for a "secret destination". Mk H.II (?) mine is embarked. Medium shot of «HMS Melton» underway. Paddle minesweepers at sea - «HMS Sandown» (903), «HMS Albyn» (587). Grimsby drifters leave harbour for minesweeping duties: "To these men the Nation owes a vast debt of gratitude." Scenes onboard destroyer leaders «HMS Swift» and «HMS Broke»: ratings embark on «Broke»; medium shot of bridge structure; crew cheers for camera; ship's dog; ship's bell; battle honours. «HMS Swift»: medium shot from the eyes as 6-inch gun is traversed («HMS Broke» in the background); high-angle medium shot from crow's nest; meat ration; kitten on deck; medium shot of crew; officers pose with ship's dog. (Reel 2) A raid on the Belgian coast by a mixed naval force of monitors, destroyers, minesweeping drifters and motor launches. Admirals Ronarc'h and Bacon and Captains Bowring and Evans on «HMS Broke». Medium shot of «HMS Swift» underway. Inboard shots of Broke's torpedo tubes. Various shots of destroyers in line ahead - Hawthorn and Admiralty M Class, Marksman Class Leader; «HMS Marshal Ney», «Erebus», and M15 Class monitor; drifters and MLs; C Class cruiser. «HMS Broke» - Admirals Ronarc'h and Bacon on the bridge; stern wash; anchoring at Dunkirk; Admiral Bacon goes ashore in motor boat «Muriel».

ContextDescription
Summary: reel 2 is very similar to reel 4 of THE EMPIRE'S SHIELD (IWM 551/04)

Duration
33 mins

Format
P 1/35/A

Colour
B&W

Sound
Silent

NumberOfParts
2

Dimensions
1980 ft

ProductionSponsor
Admiralty

ProductionCompany
Engholm, F W

ProductionTeam
Engholm, F W: cameraman

ProductionCountry
GB

Language
None

LanguageMainTitles
English

LanguageSubtitles
English

OtherReferences
shotsheet

Weighting
500

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:20:43

URLEncodedDeptName
Film

Access
IWM

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
82 / 1295

ProductionDate
1981

ItemName
Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy

SubTitle
Alfred N. Festberg

IndexPlaces
Australia

IndexConcepts
badges used on equipment
equipment badges
badges used on equipment, navy
equipment badges, navy
navy equipment badges
flags and standards, navy
navy, flags and standards
flags and standards
naval battle honours
battle honours
naval history
heraldry in general
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
naval unit histories
navies

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

NumberOfParts
ix, 195 leaves
figs.

Dimensions
29

MakerInfo
FESTBERG, ALFRED N.

ProductionCompany
Silverleaf Publishing

ProductionCountry
McKinnon, Victoria

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

FormatDescription
leaf 189
index

ISBN
0-949746-00-2 (pbk.)

DeptName
Printed Books

IDNO
98 / 505

ProductionDate
1997

ItemName
Stapelläufe auf deutschen Schiffswerften, 1875-1939

IndexPlaces
Germany, pre 1945 and post 1990

IndexConcepts
entertainment, recreation
government sponsored festivities
state occasions
official ceremonies
royal festivals
reviews
coronations
naval ships
ships histories, collective
traditions
naval traditions
customs, naval
traditions, naval
marine engineering, naval engineering, ships
naval architecture, ship construction
hull and superstructure
entertainment
sport
leisure activities
naval unit histories
navies
military traditions
traditions, military
customs
marine and naval engineering
ships
illustrated works
atlases
pictorial works

IndexHistPeriod
General, 1900 to the present day

NumberOfParts
88p.
chiefly ill., frontis., ports.

Dimensions
25

MakerName
Siegfried Breyer

MakerInfo
BREYER, SIEGFRIED

ProductionCompany
Podzun- Pallas

ProductionCountry
Wölfersheim-Berstadt

Language
German

SubThemeTag
TheRoleOfNavies

UncatTransferDate
30/06/2006 09:47:44

URLEncodedDeptName
PrintedBooks

ISBN
3-7909-0610-7