Picture No | 10653111 |
Date | 1944 |
Description | British submarine depot ship by G. H. Davis |
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A home from home for underwater sailors during the Second World War: details of a typical British submarine depot ship. These mother ships were floating workshops and supply depots, with every comfort for crews off duty and facilities for overhauling a submarine from stem to stern.
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Source | Illustration by George Horace Davis in ‘The Illustrated London News’, 8 April 1944, pp406-7 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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