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2 photographs extracted from ADM 1/17576 showing the 'Nightshirt' air bubble device...
Catalogue reference: CN 1/8
What’s it about?
This record is about the 2 photographs extracted from ADM 1/17576 showing the 'Nightshirt' air bubble device... dating from 1944-1945 in the series Photographs Extracted from ADM series. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CN 1/8
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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2 photographs extracted from ADM 1/17576 showing the 'Nightshirt' air bubble device to reduce the noise of a ship's propellors against acoustic torpedoes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- ADM 1/17576
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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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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 2 photograph(s)
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 19 cm x 34 cm
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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
- Weapons
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C360726/
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Series information
CN 1
Photographs Extracted from ADM series
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Photographs Extracted from ADM series
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2 photographs extracted from ADM 1/17576 showing the 'Nightshirt' air bubble device...
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