WW2 Q-Ship And Royal Navy Radio
A pair of WW2 illustrations from a children's ABC book. The left image shows a lady wearing a pink dress, standing on the deck of a Q-ship, a decoy vessel with concealed weaponry designed to lure enemy submarines to the surface, the right picture portrays a Royal Navy seaman sending an S.O.S. radio call in a distressing situation
Picture No
13809543
Media ID
45162623
Size
3745px x 2703px
(4.1MB)
Credit
© CLM Archive Collection / Mary Evans
Source
Illustrations from The Defence ABC Painting Book,' by John Hassall (1868-1948)
Date
circa 1940
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Concealed Decoy Distressing Hassall Lure Portrays S.o.s Seaman Sending Situation Submarines Weaponry
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