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Picture Library catalogue: HMS Carnarvon Castle 1943

 

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There are 84 items in this collection.

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Deception Island, South Shetlands. Neptune's Bellows from south

Record: P50/26/1

View over open sea to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Deception Island. British Crown Land notice on small wooden hut

Record: P50/26/10

A sailor stands on a beach next to a small wooden hut. Barrels and timber lie on the sand, snow-covered slope behind.

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Deception Island. Fallen flagstaff with metal Argentine flag

Record: P50/26/11

A broken wooden flagstaff lies on a beach. Wooden buildings in the background.

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Deception Island. Sailors holding metal Argentine flag

Record: P50/26/12

A sailor and a man in army(?) uniform stand on a beach holding a flag. Another stands behind holding a pick-axe. A wooden flagstaff lies on the ground at their feet. Wooden buildings and rocky hillside in the background.

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Deception Island. Reverse view of flagstaff

Record: P50/26/13

Close-up of wooden pole.

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Deception Island. Whalers' cemetery

Record: P50/26/14

Two sailors stand on a beach looking over gravestones. Snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Deception Island. Sailors erecting metal Union Jack

Record: P50/26/15

Sailors erect a flagstaff with a Union Jack on a wooden base on a beach.

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Deception Island. Sailors erecting metal Union Jack

Record: P50/26/16

Sailors erect a flagstaff with a Union Jack on a wooden base on a beach.

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Deception Island. General view of factory from south-west

Record: P50/26/17

Derelict wooden buildings stand on a beach. Snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Deception Island. Whalers' cemetery

Record: P50/26/18

View over beach to gravestones and memorials.

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Deception Island. General view of factory from The Crutch, looking north-west

Record: P50/26/19

Circular storage tanks and derelict wooden buildings stand on a beach. Open water behind and snow-covered mountainous coast in the background.

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Deception Island, Argentine notice on flagstaff

Record: P50/26/2

Metal sign on a wooden post. Wooden hut in background.

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Deception Island. Oil storage tanks. Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/20

Circular storage tanks and wooden huts stand on a beach. Timber lies on the ground in front.

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Deception Island. General group around British flag

Record: P50/26/21

Sailors and officers stand around a flagstaff flying a Union Jack on a beach. A wooden ladder lies in front.

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Deception Island. Building cairn over canister containing British claim

Record: P50/26/22

A sailor puts stones on a cairn next to the base of a flagstaff on a beach. Sailors and officers stand behind.

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Deception Island. General group around British flag

Record: P50/26/23

Sailors and officers stand and kneel on a beach around a flagstaff flying a Union Jack.

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Deception Island. British Crown Land notice with whalers' dormitory in background

Record: P50/26/24

A notice is nailed onto a wooden pole on a beach, a wooden hut stands behind.

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Deception Island. British Crown Land notice on porch of whalers' dormitory

Record: P50/26/25

A notice is nailed onto a wooden hut. Other hut stands behind.

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Deception Island. Metal Union Jack near oil storage tanks

Record: P50/26/26

A naval officer stands in front of circular storage tanks looking at a union jack flying from a pole. Timber lies in front.

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Deception Island. Metal Union Jack near oil storage tanks

Record: P50/26/27

Naval officers stand in front of circular storage tanks. A union jack flies from a pole nearby. Timber, wooden cases and pipes lie on the ground.

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Deception Island. Explosives hut, Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/28

Barrels, a rowing boat and lengths of timber lie by a wooden hut on a beach. Snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Deception Island. British Crown Land notice on small wooden hut

Record: P50/26/29

A sailor stands on a beach next to a small wooden hut. Barrels and timber lie on the sand, snow-covered slope behind.

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Deception Island, Argentine notice on flagstaff

Record: P50/26/3

Metal sign on a wooden post. Wooden hut in background.

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Deception Island. General view of Whalers Bay, glacier snout in foreground

Record: P50/26/30

Circular storage tanks and derelict wooden buildings stand on a beach. Glacier in foreground, open water behind and snow-covered mountainous coast in the background.

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Deception Island. HMS 'Carnarvon Castle' in Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/31

Stacks of barrels, timber and three wooden rowing boats lie on a beach next to a wooden hut. A Navy cruiser lies in the bay behind, mountainous coast in the background.

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Deception Island. General view of Whalers Bay from HMS 'Carnarvon Castle'

Record: P50/26/32

View over open water to wooden buildings and storage tanks on the shore in the distance. Snow-covered hills behind.

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Deception Island. Whalers' dormitory

Record: P50/26/33

Two sailors stand in front of a derelict wooden hut.

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Livingston Island, view from south

Record: P50/26/34

View over open sea to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Deception Island. General view of factory

Record: P50/26/35

Two Navy officers sit on barrels in the foreground, timber and baskets lie on the ground around. Derelict wooden buildings with chimneys stand behind.

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Deception Island. General view of factory

Record: P50/26/36

View of derelict wooden buildings.

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Deception Island. General view of factory

Record: P50/26/37

View of derelict wooden buildings.

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North coast of Laurie Island, South Orkneys (locality unidentified but probably in the vicinity of Cape Geddes)

Record: P50/26/38

An iceberg floats in an open sea, snow-covered mountainous coast in the background.

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Iceberg off north coast of Laurie Island

Record: P50/26/39

An iceberg floats in an open sea, snow-covered mountainous coast in the far distance.

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Deception Island, Argentine notice on flagstaff

Record: P50/26/4

Metal sign on a wooden post. Wooden hut in background.

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Iceberg and brash ice (off north cost of Laurie Island)

Record: P50/26/40

View over ship's rail of icebergs floating in the open sea. Brash ice floats close to the ship.

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Party on promenade deck of HMS 'Carnarvon Castle'

Record: P50/26/41

Naval officers stand on a covered deck of a steam ship. One looks through binoculars out to sea.

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Commander E.W. Kitson(?)

Record: P50/26/42

Kitson, a naval officer, wearing duffle coat and cap and with binoculars round his neck, stands at the ship's rail of a steam ship. Icebergs at sea in the background.

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Laurie Island(?)

Record: P50/26/43

View over open sea to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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East coast of Laurie Island(?)

Record: P50/26/44

View over open sea to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Party on boat deck of HMS 'Carnarvon Castle'

Record: P50/26/45

Three men in army uniforms(?) walk towards the camera on the deck of a steam ship. Snow-covered mountainous coast in the far distance.

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Laurie Island

Record: P50/26/46

View over open sea to iceberg with snow-covered mountainous coast behind.

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Laurie Island

Record: P50/26/47

View over open sea to iceberg with snow-covered mountainous coast behind.

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Laurie Island

Record: P50/26/48

View over open sea to iceberg with snow-covered mountainous coast behind.

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Laurie Island

Record: P50/26/49

View over open sea to snow-covered mountainous coast behind. Men looking towards the coast stand on the deck of a steam ship below the camera.

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Deception Island. Oil storage tanks. Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/5

Circular storage tanks and wooden huts stand behind a beach. Timber lies by the shore.

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Laurie Island

Record: P50/26/50

View over the bows of a steam ship towards icebergs and a snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Tabular berg with arches. South Orkneys

Record: P50/26/51

View over open water to large tabular iceberg.

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Panorama of Lewthwaite and Washington Straits from south. (Coronation Island, the Robertson Islands and west side of Powell Island)

Record: P50/26/52

View over open water to iceberg with snow-covered mountainous coast in the background.

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Panorama of Lewthwaite and Washington Straits from south. (Powell Island and Frederiksen Island)

Record: P50/26/53

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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South-east coast of Coronation Island and 'Orwell Bight'. ('Devil's Kitchen' to 'Amphibolite Point')

Record: P50/26/54

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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HMS 'Carnarvon Castle' approaching Borge Bay. View of Cape Hansen through Normanna Strait

Record: P50/26/55

View over the bows of a steam ship towards a snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Signy Island. View of Snow Hill and 'Orwell Glacier' from motor boat off Bare Rock

Record: P50/26/56

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Signy Island. Giant Petrel on nest (light intermediate plumage). Near site F.I.D.S. base

Record: P50/26/57

Bird on nest on rocks.

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Signy Island. British Crown land notice, Bernstein Point, vicinity of F.I.D.S. base

Record: P50/26/58

Sign stands on a rocky slope.

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Signy Island. Borge Bay. Motor boat at beach near barges and digesters. View south-west towards 'Moraine Valley'

Record: P50/26/59

A wooden motor boat lies in a bay. Sailors stand on the shore near to wooden barges. A wooden hut and structure stands nearby. Snow-covered coast in the background.

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Deception Island. Oil storage tanks. Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/6

Two men stand in front of a circular storage tank. Timber, barrels and corrugated iron sheets lie at their feet.

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Signy Island. Elephant seals lying beside barges

Record: P50/26/60

Seals lie on a beach by lengths of timber, a pipe and an upturned wooden boat. A wooden hut stands by a shore in the background.

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J. E. Hamilton

Record: P50/26/61

Portrait of Hamilton.

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Signy Island. Borge Bay panaroma. 'Gourlay Peninsula', 'Rusty Bluff' and Berntsen Point

Record: P50/26/62

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Signy Island. Borge Bay panaroma. Berntsen Point, 'Orwell Glacier', Snow Hill

Record: P50/26/63

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Signy Island. Borge Bay panaroma. 'Jane Peak' and 'Waterpoint Beach'

Record: P50/26/64

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Signy Island. Borge Bay panaroma. 'Robin Peak' and Normanna Strait

Record: P50/26/65

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Coronation Island. Cape Hansen and 'Beaufoy Ridge'

Record: P50/26/66

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast (blurred image).

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Coronation Island. 'Sunshine Glacier' and 'Devil's Peak'

Record: P50/26/67

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Coronation Island. 'Devil's Peak' to 'Tophet Bastion'

Record: P50/26/68

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Coronation Island. 'Devil's Peak' to 'Tophet Bastion'

Record: P50/26/69

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Deception Island. HMS 'Carnarvon Castle' in Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/7

A man in a sailor's uniform stands on a beach looking out to sea to a Navy cruiser lying in a bay. Mountainous coast in the background.

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Coronation Island. 'Amphibolite Point' to The Divide

Record: P50/26/70

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast. Steam ship's deck in the foreground below the camera.

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Coronation Island. The Divide and Robertson Islands

Record: P50/26/71

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast in the far distance.

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Laurie Island. Panorama of Scotia Bay from anchorage. (Cape Hartree and Mossman Peninsula)

Record: P50/26/72

View over open water to snow-covered jagged mountainous coast.

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Laurie Island. Panorama of Scotia Bay from anchorage. (The beach and hills to east and west)

Record: P50/26/73

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Laurie Island. Panorama of Scotia Bay from anchorage. Looking east

Record: P50/26/74

View over open water to snow-covered mountainous coast.

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Laurie Island. The beach. Cemetary and out-buildings

Record: P50/26/75

In the distance a group of naval officers in duffle coats stand around graves on a rocky beach. A few wooden huts stand nearby, snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Laurie Island. The beach. Argentine meteorological station

Record: P50/26/76

A wooden house stands next to a tall metal radio mast at the top of a rocky beach. Snow-covered hillside in the background.

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Laurie Island. The beach. Uruguay Cove filled with brash

Record: P50/26/77

A group of naval officers in duffle coats stand around graves on a rocky beach. Brash ice lies at the shore and in the water behind. Snow-covered mountainous coast to one side and in the far distance.

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Laurie Island. The beach. Omond House in ruins

Record: P50/26/78

A ruin of a stone house stands on a rocky beach. Snow-covered cliff face behind.

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Giant Petrel on nest, Signy Island

Record: P50/26/79

A bird sits on a nest on gravel.

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Deception Island. General view of factory, Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/8

View of derelict wooden buildings.

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Laurie Island. The beach. Party of Argentine Meteorologists

Record: P50/26/80

Three men wearing short leather jackets, one smoking, stand on a shingle beach. Snow-covered cliffs behind.

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Laurie Island, Scotia Bay. Weighing anchor. View towards east-north-east

Record: P50/26/81

View over the bows of a steam ship towards the ice cliffs at the edge of an ice sheet, snow-covered mountains behind. Men stand on the foredeck looking over the side.

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Laurie Island, Scotia Bay. Weighing anchor. View east to Point Rae

Record: P50/26/82

View over the side of a steam ship towards the ice cliffs at the edge of an ice sheet, snow-covered mountains behind.

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Laurie Island, Scotia Bay. View south-east. Point Rae and Ailsa Craig

Record: P50/26/83

View over the bows of a steam ship towards rocky coast and island. Men stand on the foredeck looking over the side.

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Laurie Island, South coast, east of Scotia Bay

Record: P50/26/84

View over the open sea to ice cliffs at the edge of an ice sheet and snow-covered mountains behind.

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Deception Island. The hospital, Whalers Bay

Record: P50/26/9

View of derelict wooden house.