"Leaving Traeth Bychan"

PR/706/11

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Silver gelatin print by Stephen Feather, titled "Leaving Traeth Bychan". Image shows H.M.S. Thetis, Admiralty, being towed back to Birkenhead for repairs after salvage operations at Traeth Bychan, Alngelsey. 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"