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Norway: first and second battles of Narvik. Includes 4 photographs depicting: HMS...
Catalogue reference: ADM 199/475
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This record is about the Norway: first and second battles of Narvik. Includes 4 photographs depicting: HMS... dating from 1940 in the series Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, Second World War. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- ADM 199/475
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940
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Norway: first and second battles of Narvik. Includes 4 photographs depicting: HMS Suffolk beached in Long Hope, Scapa Flow, on 18 April 1940, following severe damage by German bombimg on previous day. HMS Iron Duke (base ship, ex-battleship) visible in left background of lower photograph. Dated 1940.
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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)
- Case No. 7443
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4120826/
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ADM 199
Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, Second World War
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