The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through an industrial quarter of Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Note the surviving factory chimneys. Object Details Category Photographs Related period 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content) Materials whole: Nitrate Dimensions HMS SPEAKER sailed from Portland on December 6th 1943 bound for Vancouver, Canada to be modified to meet Admiralty requirements, receive her full crew compliment (SPEAKER had only a skeleton crew drafted to her at Portland due to manpower shortages), and work up ready for beginning her active service.
Nagasaki Harbour, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan Picture. Image 222302771
HMS SPEAKER (D 90) - Ruler-class Escort Aircraft Carrier. RULER-Class Escort Aircraft Carrier obtained under US/UK Lend Lease Agreement. A mercantile which was under construction by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation at Seattle and was requisitioned by by the US Navy for use as an auxiliary aircraft carrier (CVE) to be named USS DELGADA. History of H.M.S. Speaker (Part 3: September 1945 - February 1946) MANILA (9th to 12th Sept.). Steaming between Corrigidor and the Bataan peninsula just before dawn, we anchored about two miles from the shattered remains of the city of Manila. Description: HMS Speaker in Nagasaki harbour, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan Location: Nagasaki, Japan Date: September-October 1945 Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (9) This image is part of a collection of photographs found in correspondence of the Admiralty held at The National Archives. THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945 This media is not currently available online. Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access Description Object description The remains of industrial buildings in an area of Nagasaki where most of the damage was caused by blast from the atomic bomb dropped on 9 August 1945.
THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945 Imperial War Museums
Catalogue ref: AIR 49/384 Innoshima POW Camp at Hiroshima According to the report drafted by Warrant Officer Yabel of the Army Education Corps, who arrived at the Innoshima Island POW camp from. Between 26 September 1945 and mid October 1945, HMS Speaker made a voyage from Nagasaki to Manila repatriating Australian POWs from prison camps in Japan. Description Object description The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through the outskirts of Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Object Details Category Photographs Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (content) Materials whole: Nitrate Dimensions Description: Atomic bomb damage, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan Location: Nagasaki, Japan Date: September-October 1945 Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (15) This image is part of a collection of photographs found in correspondence of the Admiralty held at The National Archives.
The British POWs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945 LaptrinhX / News
HMS Speaker (D90), a Ruler -class escort carrier, based on a "C3" hull, was originally the Bogue -class USS Delgada (AVG/ACV/CVE-40), which was transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease program. Design and description These ships were all larger and had a greater aircraft capacity than all the preceding American built escort carriers. The camera belonged to the darkroom of the British escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Speaker. Between 26 September 1945 and mid October 1945, HMS Speaker made a voyage from Nagasaki to Manila repatriating Australian POWs from prison camps in Japan.
The remains of industrial buildings in an area of Nagasaki where most of the damage was caused by blast from the atomic bomb dropped on 9 August 1945.. THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945. This media is not currently available. Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access. Description North China Marines - Prisoners of War HMS Speaker and the USS Catron HMS Speaker was built in Seattle in 1943 and given to the British under the Lend-Lease program. Photo below is the Speaker in the harbor at Nagasaki after boarding POWs from Fukuoka 3-B. On 17 Sep 1945 899 POWs boarded.
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The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Show more. Object Details. Category Photographs Related period 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content) Materials. whole: Nitrate. Dimensions. Print: Quantity 1. Catalogue number Description: POWs at Nagasaki railway station, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan Location: Nagasaki, Japan Date: September-October 1945 Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (4) This image is part of a collection of photographs found in correspondence of the Admiralty held at The National Archives.
