TitleSpanish Civil War: SS Christabel Calon, 1936
ReferenceIMG/EVT/SPAIN/234
Date
Nov 1936
Production date 1936-11 - 1936-11
Scope and ContentCopy of a black and white photograph of the SS Christabel Calon taken from HMS Dragon. Boards can be seen being launched with crew aboard
Extent1 photograph
Physical descriptionDimensions (WxH): 10.1cm x 16.3cm.
Archival historyThis was a Spanish republican government ship which became stuck on a reef at Bermuda in November 1936. HMS Dragon, a British destroyer, tried and failed to free it. The ship was full of coal which it was hoped to exchange for arms in South America
Persons keywordInternational Brigades, HMS Dragon, SS Christabel Calon
SubjectSpanish Civil War (1936-1939), Shipping industry
Conditions governing accessOpen
Conditions governing reproductionCopyright: Not known
Levelfile
Normal locationZ Spain Photographs Box 2 (Room 24)