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Cruiser HMS Cumberland, circa 1928. Location unknown. Note the hull painted white.Cruiser HMS Cumberland at Hong Kong, early 1930s.
Cruiser HMS Cumberland, circa 1928. Location unknown. Note the hull painted white.Cruiser HMS Cumberland at Hong Kong, early 1930s.
Broadside view of the cruiser HMS Cumberland, before her 1935 refit. Location unknown.United States Navy photo of the cruiser HMS Cumberland on the Yangtze River, China below Hankow (now Hankou), 30 May 1937.
Broadside view of the cruiser HMS Cumberland, before her 1935 refit. Location unknown.United States Navy photo of the cruiser HMS Cumberland on the Yangtze River, China below Hankow (now Hankou), 30 May 1937.
Chinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 1 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in backgroundChinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 2 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in background
Chinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 1 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in backgroundChinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 2 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in background
Chinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 3 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in backgroundChinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 4 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in background
Chinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 3 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in backgroundChinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 4 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in background
Chinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 5 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in backgroundHMS Cumberland in the Huangpu River, Shanghai, China, Aug-Sep 1937, photo 1 of 2
Chinese workers on a pier, Shanghai, China, mid-1937, photo 5 of 5; note HMS Cumberland in backgroundHMS Cumberland in the Huangpu River, Shanghai, China, Aug-Sep 1937, photo 1 of 2
HMS Cumberland in the Huangpu River, Shanghai, China, Aug-Sep 1937, photo 2 of 2Cruiser HMS Cumberland underway in wartime disruptive paint scheme, 11 Mar 1942, location unknown. Note large aircraft hangar enclosure on the afterdeck.
HMS Cumberland in the Huangpu River, Shanghai, China, Aug-Sep 1937, photo 2 of 2Cruiser HMS Cumberland underway in wartime disruptive paint scheme, 11 Mar 1942, location unknown. Note large aircraft hangar enclosure on the afterdeck.
HMS Cumberland (left), HMS Obdurate (second from left), HMS Belfast (third from left), and HMS Faulknor (right) in the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia, 27-28 Feb 1943Cumberland in Grand Harbour, Malta, 8 Jan 1946
HMS Cumberland (left), HMS Obdurate (second from left), HMS Belfast (third from left), and HMS Faulknor (right) in the Kola Inlet near Murmansk, Russia, 27-28 Feb 1943Cumberland in Grand Harbour, Malta, 8 Jan 1946
Cruiser HMS Cumberland in 1954 in her final role as a trials platform for many different types of weapons systems as well as smaller pieces of equipment prior to their introduction into the Fleet. Location unknown.Trials Cruiser HMS Cumberland off Malta in pre-wetting experiments designed to keep radioactive fallout particles from adhering to a ship’s surfaces, Sep 1955.
Cruiser HMS Cumberland in 1954 in her final role as a trials platform for many different types of weapons systems as well as smaller pieces of equipment prior to their introduction into the Fleet. Location unknown.Trials Cruiser HMS Cumberland off Malta in pre-wetting experiments designed to keep radioactive fallout particles from adhering to a ship’s surfaces, Sep 1955.
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