A History of H.M.S. SPEAKER


POWs At Nagasaki Railway Station, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan

HMS SPEAKER sailed from Portland on December 6th 1943 bound for Vancouver, Canada to be modified to meet Admiralty requirements, receive her full crew compliment (SPEAKER had only a skeleton crew drafted to her at Portland due to manpower shortages), and work up ready for beginning her active service.


The British POWs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1945 LaptrinhX / News

Description: POWs at Nagasaki railway station, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan Location: Nagasaki, Japan Date: September-October 1945 Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (4) This image is part of a collection of photographs found in correspondence of the Admiralty held at The National Archives.


A History of H.M.S. SPEAKER

The camera belonged to the darkroom of the British escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Speaker. Between 26 September 1945 and mid October 1945, HMS Speaker made a voyage from Nagasaki to Manila repatriating Australian POWs from prison camps in Japan.


POWs with flag at Nagasaki railway station, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from

The remains of industrial buildings in an area of Nagasaki where most of the damage was caused by blast from the atomic bomb dropped on 9 August 1945.. THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945. This media is not currently available. Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access. Description


HMS 'Speaker' sails into Sydney from Manila with returning former POWs of Japan Australia's

THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945 This media is not currently available online. Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access Description Object description The remains of industrial buildings in an area of Nagasaki where most of the damage was caused by blast from the atomic bomb dropped on 9 August 1945.


Escort Carrier Photo Index DELGADA (CVE40) / HMS SPEAKER

North China Marines - Prisoners of War HMS Speaker and the USS Catron HMS Speaker was built in Seattle in 1943 and given to the British under the Lend-Lease program. Photo below is the Speaker in the harbor at Nagasaki after boarding POWs from Fukuoka 3-B. On 17 Sep 1945 899 POWs boarded.


HMS Speaker In Nagasaki Harbour, HMS Speaker's Evacuation Of Prisoners Of War From Japan Picture

Description Object description The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through the outskirts of Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Object Details Category Photographs Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (content) Materials whole: Nitrate Dimensions


POWs arrive by train at Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation… Flickr

History of H.M.S. Speaker (Part 3: September 1945 - February 1946) MANILA (9th to 12th Sept.). Steaming between Corrigidor and the Bataan peninsula just before dawn, we anchored about two miles from the shattered remains of the city of Manila.


THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945 Imperial War Museums

THE CREW OF HMS SPEAKER VISIT NAGASAKI, 5 SEPTEMBER 1945. This media is not currently available. Contact our Media sales & Licensing team about access. Description. Royal Navy, SPEAKER (HMS) Associated events Nagasaki, Atomic Bomb Attacks, Japan, Pacific War 1941-1945, Second World War; Associated places


HMS 'Speaker' sails into Sydney from Manila with returning former POWs of Japan Australia's

Catalogue ref: AIR 49/384 Innoshima POW Camp at Hiroshima According to the report drafted by Warrant Officer Yabel of the Army Education Corps, who arrived at the Innoshima Island POW camp from.


Escort Carrier Photo Index DELGADA (CVE40) / HMS SPEAKER

Mr Creber was serving on HMS Speaker, an escort aircraft carrier, which was directed to Nagasaki for the purpose of transporting hundreds of British POWs to Okinawa Credit: CECIL A CREBER


Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war fro… Flickr

HMS SPEAKER (D 90) - Ruler-class Escort Aircraft Carrier. RULER-Class Escort Aircraft Carrier obtained under US/UK Lend Lease Agreement. A mercantile which was under construction by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation at Seattle and was requisitioned by by the US Navy for use as an auxiliary aircraft carrier (CVE) to be named USS DELGADA.


Atomic bomb damage in Nagasaki, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan a

The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through an industrial quarter of Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the second atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Note the surviving factory chimneys. Object Details Category Photographs Related period 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content) Materials whole: Nitrate Dimensions


HMS Speaker, British escort carrier, WW2

Description: HMS Speaker in Nagasaki harbour, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of war from Japan Location: Nagasaki, Japan Date: September-October 1945 Our catalogue reference: ADM 1/19302 (9) This image is part of a collection of photographs found in correspondence of the Admiralty held at The National Archives.


HMS SPEAKER BRINGS OUT FIRST POW'S FROM TOKYO. 2 SEPTEMBER 1945, ON BOARD THE ESCORT CARRIER HMS

The crew of HMS SPEAKER travelling through Nagasaki during a tour to view the destruction caused by the dropping of the atomic bomb on 9 August 1945. Show more. Object Details. Category Photographs Related period 1945-1989 (production), 1945-1989 (content) Materials. whole: Nitrate. Dimensions. Print: Quantity 1. Catalogue number


Nagasaki town, HMS Speaker's evacuation of prisoners of wa… Flickr

The Nagasaki area can be seen in the background. This is one of a series of images from negative numbers 045139 to 045157 taken with a camera borrowed by WO2 Syd Barber, following his release from captivity. The camera belonged to the darkroom of the British escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Speaker.