HMS Wave Aground

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

52/81

Date Released

6 Oct 1952

Date Other

Oct 1952

Length of issue (in feet)

732

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ice Cap Men Home
2. 2Paris Motor Show
3. 3Pre-fabs for the Bush
4. 4HMS Wave Aground

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

The minesweeper, H.M.S. Wave, is swept on to the rocky foreshore at St Ives, Cornwall, and badly holed. Repairs are hurriedly made and soon the ship is afloat again.

Keywords

Navy; Accidents and disasters; Military

Locations

St Ives

Credits:

Camera

Norman William Roper

Camera

Robert Kenneth Leslie Gordon

Length of story (in feet)

160

Story extras:

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