IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4246
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: THAMES FORTS AND CHALLENGER
Date(s): 194-
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.07 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Unknown.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Thames Estuary Special Defence Units, also known as the Thames Estuary Army Forts and the Thames Estuary Navy Forts, were designed by Guy Maunsell and built in 1942 to provide defence of the Thames Estuary.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Six photographs showing the merchant ship 'Challenger' damaged with a puncture in the side of the vessel, and the Thames Forts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
6 photographs in 1 document.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Gifted to London Metropolitan Archives in February 2000 from the papers of Lieutenant Commander Peter Flett OBE, Chief Salvage Officer MOD c 1972.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.