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Captains Kinahan and Woodhouse assume command of new warships, crew and troops board, supplies loaded as ships prepares to leave the dock

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SLATE INFORMATION: Britain's New Battleships - H.M.S. Anson and H.M.S Howe Join the Royal Navy

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ANCHOR H.M.S.Home drops anchor


GUNS. H.M.S.Howe fires 14 in guns


HOWEN. H.M.S. Battleship takes over..14 in gunsfire..engine room..stores


KINAHAN Captain of Battleship Anson


MACHINERY engine room of H.M.S. Howe


NAVAL. Battleships Anson & Howe in service..finishing touches to. Howe..Capt. Woodhouse takes over..loading stores & munition..14" shells..engine room..H.M.S. Anson, Capt. Kinahan..Howe fires 14" guns..drops anchor


SEA churned up by propellers


SHELLS loading 14 in shell on H.M.S. Howe


SHIP BUILDING workers put finishing touches to H.M.S.HOWE


Navy - Active

Admiral George Anson, British Pacific Fleet, King George V, Admiral Richard Howe, Home Fleet, Sir Charles Henry Woodhouse, World War II, WWII,
Background: Captains Kinahan and Woodhouse assume command of new warships, crew and troops board, supplies loaded as ships prepares to leave the dock

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