Title

Sheerness Naval Dockyard

Caption

Blue Town and the naval dockyard, Sheerness, Kent, 1951. Little ships were collected here in 1940 before being towed across to assist with the evacuation from the Dunkirk beaches.

Date

1951

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B35_443

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,7in x 14,6in / 4415 x 4373 (300dpi)

Keywords

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