Title:DROP LAUNCH OF LCM(3) 1243 IN QUAYSIDE TEST [Allocated Title]
Film Number:ADM 997
Other titles:INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary:
Description: Test launch of LCM(3) 1243 from an improvised platform on the quayside at Devonport - camera holds on LCM as it drifts away after the launch, closing to CUs off the port quarter and from astern. Various ships are visible in the background - a demilitarised Bourrasque Class destroyer (Ouragon ?), HMS Despatch (before conversion for HQ rôle), ex-monitor HMS Drake, HNMS Sumatra, and a La Galissonniere Class light cruiser (?), lying bows on to camera.
Alternative Title:INVASION EQUIPMENT TRIALS [Allocated Series Title]
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, LCM 1243 (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, DESPATCH (HMS), light cruiser (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, DRAKE (HMS), training ship (regiment/service)
Royal Netherlands Navy & Sumatra (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Despatch (object name)
ships, British naval - harbour: Drake (object name)
ships, British naval - amphibious: LCM[3] 1243 (object name)
ships, Dutch naval - cruiser: Sumatra (object name)
Devonport, Devon, England, UK (geography)