Sujet
'The Spirit of the Ark', - sailors of the Royal Navy, c1942. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
'The Spirit of the Ark', - sailors of the Royal Navy, c1942. A British aircraft carrier of the Second World War, 'HMS Ark Royal' was designed to carry a large number of aircraft, and had two hangar deck levels. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, in operations off Norway, in the search for the German battleship 'Bismarck', and took part in the Malta Convoys. A German submarine torpedoed her on 13 November 1941 and she sank the following day. Only one of her 1,488 crew members was killed. From "Ark Royal". [His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1942]
Date
1942
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19F35_131
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
61,9Mo (3,5Mo) / 49,6cm x 31,3cm / 5856 x 3693 (300dpi)