Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Depot ship, glass negative

Hansen, Leslie W. (Photographer)

Bow view of a depot ship at Cardiff Docks along with a destroyer and submarines H34, H43, H32, c.1937.

HMS H32 was a H-class submarine constructed for the Royal Navy. The submarine entered service in 1919 and served in the Second World War, one of only seven of the class to do so. The submarine was sold for scrap in 1944. (wikipedia)

She was a British H-class submarine built by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. She was laid down on 20 November 1917 and was commissioned on 10 September 1919. HMS H34 was one of the seven H-class submarines to survive until the end of World War II . She was sold for scrapping in Troon in July 1945.

HMS H43 was a British H class submarine built by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle Upon Tyne. She was laid down on 4 October 1917 and was commissioned on 25 November 1919. It had a complement of twenty-two crew members. HMS H43 was one of the seven H class submarines to survive to the end of World War II . HMS H43 was sold in November 1944 and was scrapped in Troon in 1945. (wikipedia)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

79.76I/498

Historical Associations

Association Type: Place name
Place: Cardiff Docks

Creation/Production

Role: Photographer
Period: 1937 (circa)

Acquisition

purchase, 20/9/1979

Measurements

Length (mm): 120
Width (mm): 164

Techniques

Gelatin dry plate glass negative
Glass negative
Negative

Material

Glass
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