HMS Implacable
https://archives.westvancouver.ca/link/descr12169
- Fonds / Collection
- Thompson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- photograph
- Date
- October 1945
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable docked in Vancouver. Crowds are lining the docks and are aboard the ship. The Implacable was repatriating Canadian prisoners of war from the Japanese theatre and was opened for public tours.
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Fonds / Collection
- Thompson family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- photograph
- Date
- October 1945
- Scope and Content
- Item is a photograph of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Implacable docked in Vancouver. Crowds are lining the docks and are aboard the ship. The Implacable was repatriating Canadian prisoners of war from the Japanese theatre and was opened for public tours.
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11 cm
- Reference Code
- CA BWVA F022-S01-IT293
- Item Number
- 293.WVA.THO
- Accession Number
- 1988-452
- Creator
- Thompson (family)
- Subject Access
- Armed Forces
- Transportation - Ships
- Wars - World War II, 1939-1945
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver Harbour (B.C.)
- Learn More
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- Notes
- Title based on the contents of the image.
- Annotation on verso: 'H.M.S. Implacable Vancouver B.C. October 1945'.
- Copyright / Terms of Use
- Public domain. No restrictions on access or reproduction.
- Repository
- West Vancouver Archives
- Other Formats
- Also available as a TIF (16.6 MB).