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Conversions of HMS CAMPBELTOWN and others: details, Method of fitting and firing...
Catalogue reference: DEFE 2/841
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This record is about the Conversions of HMS CAMPBELTOWN and others: details, Method of fitting and firing... dating from 1940-1942 in the series Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- DEFE 2/841
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940-1942
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Conversions of HMS CAMPBELTOWN and others: details, Method of fitting and firing demolition and scuttling charges.
Photographic material has been extracted from this document (extraction document reference is given under Separated material below).
Includes 10 photographs depicting: [CN 10/1] HMS Campbeltown: fitting of protective plating, modifications to guns and funnels and resiting of weapons. Dated 1942.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- DCO C9-2
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- Open Document, Open Description
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Combined Operations Headquarters, and Ministry of Defence, Combined Operations Headquarters...
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