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NH 81986 HMS Birmingham

Photo #: NH 81986 HMS Birmingham
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Title: HMS Birmingham
Description: (British Light Cruiser, 1937) Moored off Shanghai, China, probably in late May or early June 1939. She has large Union Jacks painted atop her awnings and turrets to assist identification from the air, and carries a Supermarine Walrus aircraft amidships. What appears to be a British Insect class gunboat is near shore in the center background. At left is the stern of USS Augusta (CA-30). Bow of the French light cruiser Lamotte-Picquet is at right. This image forms a panorama with Photo #s NH 81985, NH 81987 and NH 81988. Collection of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, 1975. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 81986
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