File:Montagu whaler.jpg

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Summary

Photographer

Coote, R G G (Lt)

Description

English: The Montagu whaler was the standard seaboat on many Royal Navy warships. A seaboat was kept ready for use at a moments notice when at sea. In this picture, the whaler is being manned with a boarding party going to inspect a neutral ship to check that she is not carrying anything that would contravene her neutrality. This is one of a series of photos of this boarding activity taken from HMS Sheffield on 20 Oct 1941

Date

20 October 1941

Collection

Imperial War Museum London

	Native name	Imperial War Museum
	Parent institution	Imperial War Museums
	Location	Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ United Kingdom
	Coordinates	51° 29′ 44.99″ N, 0° 06′ 31.18″ W
	Established	1917
	Website	www.iwm.org.uk
	Authority file	: Q749808 VIAF: 122881932 ISNI: 0000000404263238 ULAN: 500301821 LCCN: n80044915 NLA: 36555711 WorldCat

Accession number

A 6079

Source

This photograph 205140261 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. A 6079)

Permission
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:50, 28 July 2020		1,300 × 978 (215 KB)	Remitamine	Higher resolution version
	09:22, 24 July 2020		800 × 602 (73 KB)	ThoughtIdRetired	Uploaded a work by Coote, R G G (Lt) from https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205140261 with UploadWizard