HMS 'Speaker' sails into Sydney from Manila with returning former POWs of Japan Australia's
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.
HMS 'Speaker' sails into Sydney from Manila with returning former POWs of Japan Australia's
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.
THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945 Imperial War Museums
Mr Creber was serving on HMS Speaker, an escort aircraft carrier, which was directed to Nagasaki for the purpose of transporting hundreds of British POWs to Okinawa Credit: CECIL A CREBER
Concert stage, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of wa… Flickr
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
POWs with flag at Nagasaki railway station, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from
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
Escort Carrier Photo Index DELGADA (CVE40) / HMS SPEAKER
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. Royal Navy, SPEAKER (HMS) Associated events Nagasaki, Atomic Bomb Attacks, Japan, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War; Associated places
HMS Speaker In Nagasaki Harbour, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan Picture
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
A History of H.M.S. SPEAKER
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.
The British POWs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945 LaptrinhX / News
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.
HMS SPEAKER BRINGS OUT FIRST POW'S FROM TOKYO. 2 SEPTEMBER 1945, ON BOARD THE ESCORT CARRIER HMS
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.
POWs arrive by train at Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation… Flickr
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, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war fro… Flickr
The Nagasaki area can be seen in the background. This is one of a series of images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 taken with a camera borrowed by WO2 Syd Barber, following his release from captivity. The camera belonged to the darkroom of the British escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Speaker.
Nagasaki town, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of wa… Flickr
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.
Escort Carrier Photo Index DELGADA (CVE40) / HMS SPEAKER
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.
A History of H.M.S. SPEAKER
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.
POWs At Nagasaki Railway Station, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan
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.
