THAMES FORTS AND CHALLENGER

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4246
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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.

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Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
August to October 2010.