Image:HMS Campbeltown and Castleton.jpg

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Two destroyers photographed shortly after the Royal Navy acquired them from America under the Lend Lease scheme. HMS CASTLETON, left, and HMS CAMPBELTOWN, lying side by side while undergoing refit. The ships were sailed across the Atlantic by British crews. On the left are two Polish sailors.
Source

IWMCollections IWM Photo No.: A 952
Date

September 1940
Author

Ware, C J (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
Permission
(Reusing this image)
Public domain This artistic work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain

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  2. It is a photograph or an engraving created by the United Kingdom Government and commercially published prior to 1958; or
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