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Catalogue reference: ADM 1/12492

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This record is about the This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject code. These subject... dating from 1939-1943 in the series Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
ADM 1/12492
Date
1939-1943
Description

This file was originally catalogued under more than one subject code. These subject codes and details of this file are as follows:

AUXILIARY VESSELS (4): SS WILLIAM SCORESBY requisitioned and fitted out as minesweeper for service off Falkland Islands. HMS DISCOVERY II transferred from Northern Patrol to Trinity House as a lighthouse tender.

MERCHANT NAVY (64): SS WILLIAM SCORESBY requisitioned and fitted out as minesweeper for service off Falkland Islands. HMS DISCOVERY II transferred from Northern Patrol to Trinity House as a lighthouse tender.

NAVAL STATIONS (50): SS WILLIAM SCORESBY requisitioned and fitted out as minesweeper for service off Falkland Islands. HMS DISCOVERY II transferred from Northern patrol to Trinity House as a lighthouse tender

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
Admy480/1943
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4785756/

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