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Admiralty Salvage Officer Harwich: salvage operations, damage sustained by, and fuelling...
Catalogue reference: ADM 199/1806
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This record is about the Admiralty Salvage Officer Harwich: salvage operations, damage sustained by, and fuelling... dating from 1940-1945 in the series Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, Second World War. 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)
- ADM 199/1806
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Admiralty Salvage Officer Harwich: salvage operations, damage sustained by, and fuelling of salvage vessels, etc. 3 photographs and 15 negatives from this piece have been extracted to CN 1/31. Includes 4 photographs depicting: [CN 1/31] Admiralty Salvage Department: storm damage to LNER pier at Harwich and wreck of HMS Gypsy off Harwich. Dated 1940-1943.
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For photographs extracted from this piece see
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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. Y19
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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/C4122168/
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ADM 199
Admiralty: War History Cases and Papers, Second World War
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