042611 Accession Number: 042611

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The wreckage of the British flotilla leader HMS Hardy. Hardy was badly damaged and beached during the First Battle of Narvik when the force she led attacked a German destroyer force on 10 April 1940. Her captain, Captain Bernard Warburton-Lee RN, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his part in the action.

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Accession Number
042611
Photographer
Schroeder
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
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Donor K Hesketh
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Copyright expired - public domain

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