"The Gun Tower"

PR/706/7

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Silver gelatin print by Stephen Feather, titled "The Gun Tower". Image shows the Liverpool & Glasgow Salvage Association employees inspecting the damaged gun tower of H.M.S. Thetis, Admiralty, at Traeth Bychan, Anglesey, after it was raised from the sea bed. The submarine sank during sea trials in Liverpool Bay, 1939, resulting in the loss of 99 lives. Part of album titled "The Salvaging of the 'Thetis': 12 Photographs of a Great Feat"