TIGERFISH SINKEX 8 JUNE 1986 [Main Title]



  • Title: TIGERFISH SINKEX 8 JUNE 1986 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 6900
  • Other titles: MISCELLANEOUS OLD ADMIRALTY BUILDING TAPES [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Coverage of sinkex (sinking exercise) using a Mark 24 'Tigerfish' torpedo.
  • Description: The Mark 24 'Tigerfish' torpedo is lifted by crane onto submarine and is loaded into torpedo tube below deck. Brief shot of a missile in the water. Aerial views of target ship (decommissioned frigate HMS Lowestoft) being blasted: she splits in two and sinks.
  • Access Conditions:
  • Featured Period: 1976-2000
  • Production Date: 1986-06-08
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Marconi Underwater Systems Publicity Department (Production sponsor) Royal Navy (Production company) Royal Air Force (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: VHS Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 30; Running time: 4 mins 50 secs
  • Notes: Summary: photography noted as being by "the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force" - the original footage is not held by IWM..
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