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PENELOPE: Damaged by a Bomb. Includes 23 photographs depicting: HMS Penelope in navy...
Catalogue reference: ADM 267/41
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This record is about the PENELOPE: Damaged by a Bomb. Includes 23 photographs depicting: HMS Penelope in navy... dating from 1942 March-April in the series Admiralty: Department of the Director of Naval Construction, later Director General.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 267/41
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1942 March-April
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Description (What the record is about)
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PENELOPE: Damaged by a Bomb.
Includes 23 photographs depicting: HMS Penelope in navy yard New York, USA for repairs after bomb attack. Photographs of bomb damage. Dated 1942.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Public Record(s)
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Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 267
Admiralty: Department of the Director of Naval Construction, later Director General...
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