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Bringing the Bethnal Green disaster to light
The government tried to keep the details of the Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster of 1943 private – but a court case brought the terrible story to light.
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Wreck and salvage: derelict vessels; wreck of SS Lusitania; storage of salvaged items...
Catalogue reference: BT 243/899
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This record is about the Wreck and salvage: derelict vessels; wreck of SS Lusitania; storage of salvaged items... dating from 1983 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31 in the series Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 243/899
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1983 Jan 01 - 1985 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Wreck and salvage: derelict vessels; wreck of SS Lusitania; storage of salvaged items by Receiver of Wreck and consideration of sale
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- MNA 58/13/029 PART 2
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Transport management
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15211214/
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BT 243
Ministry of Transport: Marine Department: Registered Files: Marine Navigational Aids...
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Wreck and salvage: derelict vessels; wreck of SS Lusitania; storage of salvaged items...
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The Bethnal Green Tube shelter disaster
On one tragic night in March 1943 in Bethnal Green, East London, 173 people lost their lives taking shelter from German bombing as the air raid sirens sounded.
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