HMS ASHANTI ON TRIALS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: HMS ASHANTI ON TRIALS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 3152
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Aerial views of trials by HMS Ashanti, lead ship for the Type 81 frigates.
  • Description: Aerial views - none of them very good - showing HMS Ashanti on trials to test the COSAG (combined steam and gas turbine) system.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ADM 3152)
  • Featured Period: 1945-1975
  • Production Date: 1961
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, ASHANTI (HMS), destroyer (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - frigate: Ashanti (F.117) & [-] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 92 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Notes: Technical: print dirty and badly scratched Summary: this was the first time that gas turbines were used as part of the main propulsion system of a major Royal Navy warship
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