Concert stage, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of wa… 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.
HMS 'Speaker' sails into Sydney from Manila with returning former POWs of Japan Australia's
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, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war fro… Flickr
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.
Nagasaki Harbour, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan Picture. Image 222302771
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
THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945 Imperial War Museums
Description Object description The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through the outskirts of Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Object Details Category Photographs Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (content) Materials whole: Nitrate Dimensions
HMS 'Speaker' sails into Sydney from Manila with returning former POWs of Japan Australia's
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.
HMS SPEAKER BRINGS OUT FIRST POW'S FROM TOKYO. 2 SEPTEMBER 1945, ON BOARD THE ESCORT CARRIER HMS
Description: Atomic bomb damage, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan Location: Nagasaki, Japan Date: September-October 1945 Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (15) This image is part of a collection of photographs found in correspondence of the Admiralty held at The National Archives.
POWs arrive by train at Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation… Flickr
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 In Nagasaki Harbour, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan Picture
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
POWs At Nagasaki Railway Station, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan
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.
The British POWs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945 LaptrinhX / News
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
Escort Carrier Photo Index DELGADA (CVE40) / HMS SPEAKER
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.
POWs with flag at Nagasaki railway station, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from
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.
Atomic bomb damage in Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation o… Flickr
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.
Nagasaki town, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of wa… Flickr
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.
A History of H.M.S. SPEAKER
The British POWs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945 When one considers the formal conclusion of the war against Japan 75 years ago, within the popular imagination two separate horrifying visions spring to mind, visions that have come to epitomise the manner in which the conflict in the Far East came to a close.
