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Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea. 23 track charts illustrating the interception and sinking...
Catalogue reference: MR 1/1007
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This record is about the Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea. 23 track charts illustrating the interception and sinking... dating from 1943-1944 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series.... 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)
- MR 1/1007
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1943-1944
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Description (What the record is about)
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Arctic Ocean: Barents Sea. 23 track charts illustrating the interception and sinking of the Scharnhorst, 26 December 1943, including those of HM Ships Belfast, Duke of York, Jamaica, Matchless, Musketeer, Norfolk, Scorpion, Saumarez, Savage, Sheffield and Virago and HM Norwegian Ship Stord. Scales: (1), (3), (5), (7)-(8), (12), (14)-(17), (19)-(21) and (23) 1 inch to 2 miles; (6) 1 inch to 0.25 mile; (10) 1 inch to 1000 yards; (11) 1 inch to 1 mile; (2), (4), (9), (13), (18) and (22) no scale shown. Compass indicators. (12) includes a drawing of a penguin on a rock shooting arrows at a sea monster. Sheet sizes between 36 cm x 23.5 cm and 81.5 cm x 128.5 cm.
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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. 7826
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Former reference (Former reference given to the record)
- ADM 199/914
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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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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- (1) -(2), (4) and (6)-(23) MS, coloured; (3) and (5) printed, coloured; (1)-(2), (7)-(8), (10), (14)-(17), (20)-(21) and (23) on tracing cloth; (6), (9), (11)-(13), (18)-(19) and (22) on tracing paper
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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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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4560034/
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MR 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to rolled storage from various series...
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