Image: HMS Sheffield convoy

Description: IWM caption : ABOARD HMS SHEFFIELD DURING AN ARCTIC CONVOY ESCORT PATROL, DECEMBER 1941. View from the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD as she sails on convoy duty through the waters of the Arctic ocean. In the background are merchant ships of the convoy. The image was taken during twilight - the short time each day that the sun is seen during winter. In the foreground is the silhouette of a lookout using a telescope.
Title: HMS Sheffield convoy
Credit: This photograph A 6892 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Coote, R G G (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
Permission: This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain. This is because it is one of the following: It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or It was published prior to 1973; or It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1973.HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply) More information. See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.
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License: Public domain
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