Key Information
Reference code
BEAUFOY BROWN 2/3
Title
Papers and photographs, 1943-]1950], relating to the development and use of X-craft midget submarines
Date(s)
- 1943 - [1950] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers and photographs relating to the development and deployment of X-Craft midget submarines and Chariot manned torpedoes, 1943-[1950], including photographs of interior of X-Craft; photographs of X-Craft in dock, prior to attack on German battleship TIRPITZ, Altenfjord, Norway, Apr 1943; photograph of X-Craft returning to Burra Sound, Shetland, after Operation GUIDANCE, the sinking by X-Craft of German merchant ship BARENFELS, Apr 1944; photographs of HMS BONAVENTURE, 14 Submarine Flotilla, used for operational training and preparation of X-Craft for operations in the Far East, 1943-1945. 1 file.