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Report of Board of Inquiry into sinking of HMS Sidon 1955 June 16. Includes 34 photographs...

Catalogue reference: ADM 1/26287

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This record is about the Report of Board of Inquiry into sinking of HMS Sidon 1955 June 16. Includes 34 photographs... dating from 1955-1956 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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ADM 1/26287
Date
1955-1956
Description

Report of Board of Inquiry into sinking of HMS Sidon 1955 June 16.

Includes 34 photographs depicting: HMS Sidon: damaged HTP check valve; rescue operations; blowing head of torpedo tube; interior damage to submarine. Dated 1955.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
NL 3269/55 Parts 3 and 4
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C4847399/

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ADM 1

Admiralty, and Ministry of Defence, Navy Department: Correspondence and Papers

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Report of Board of Inquiry into sinking of HMS Sidon 1955 June 16. Includes 34 photographs...

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