Unità documentaria 051 - Crowd watching HMS London

1 photograph on paper; 1 digital surrogate of photograph on paper

A crowd watches HMS London depart Grand Harbour for the final time on 31st March/1st April 1979. A woman waves a Union Jack.

• inglese

On the reverse: 'END OF AN ERA. HMS LONDON LEAVING MALTA.'; stamped date of '[illegible] - NOV 1979'

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): B&W; positive; paper print; Photographic Type: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions of photographic prints: Landscape, 9 x 14 cm; Condition of photographic print: Good. Size and dimensions of the digital surrogate image: TIFF: 20.4 MB (21,479,628 bytes); JPEG: 276 KB (282,680 bytes); 3240 x 2208 pixels; 24 bit depth; Resolution: 600 DPI

Original found at the National Archives of Malta

Internal relationship: Related to Arthur Wait interview, ephemera and correspondence

The digital copy was created on 12/04/2018. Reproduction: scanning, Capture software: Canon 9000F Mark II

Photographer: n/a; Location: Malta; Site: Grand Harbour

General Keywords: World War II, Second World War, Grandparents, Sailors, Malta (Senglea; Cottonera; Birzebbuga; Pretty Bay), The Royal Navy, Maltese sailors, British sailors, Withdrawal crisis, Languages, Retirement in Malta, De La Salle College, HMS Ausonia, HMS Belfast, Strait Street, Dom Mintoff, Lord Carrington

Date of cataloguing: 10/09/2018