HMS SUPERB : passage from Kingston to Callao

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: ADM 1526).

Synopsis

On 23rd January 1955, HMS Superb on passage from Kingston, Jamaica to Callao in Peru passed through the Panama Canal.

Superb approaches Gatun Lock from Cristobal and passes through the locks (very good quality). The approach and passage through the locks at Miraflores. (On 29th January, 1955, the C-in-C America and West Indies Station, Vice-Admiral J F Stephens, laid a wreath on the memorial to Admiral Grau at Lima.)

Notes

Summary: cataloguing incomplete as the film has not been viewed - information is taken from CNI records; the events at Lima may not feature in the film itself.

 

Titles

  • HMS SUPERB : passage from Kingston to Callao (Allocated)
Series Title:
POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS
 

Technical Data

Year:
1955
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
[Admiralty]