ID:PC_WD_WS_030DESCRIPTION:Sailors on HMS Franklin fishing for depth charges off Cherbourg during World War II. The depth charge was a waterproof weapon used by ships or aircraft to attack submerged submarines. HMS Franklin was a minesweeper of the Halcyon class which surveyed the harbours of north-west Europe after the Normandy landings.
This photograph was supplied by William Shand who served on HMS Franklin in 1944-45 and was interviewed by pupils of Rosebank Primary School, Nairn, as part of a War Detectives project in 2005PLACENAME:unidentifiedPERIOD:1940sSOURCE:Am Baile and War DetectivesCOLLECTION:War Detectives (images)Asset ID:30244KEYWORDS:
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