Object details

Category
Books
Related period
Second World War (content), Second World War (content)
Creator
ADMIRALTY. TORPEDO AND MINING DEPARTMENT (Author)
B.R. 1717 (Author)
Admiralty, Torpedo and Mining Dept. (Publisher)
Production date
1943
Place made
London
Dimensions

whole: Dimensions: 26cm., Pagination: 25pts. in 1 vol. (ca. 235p. in various pagings), 202 leaves of plates (some fold.) ill., figs.

Catalogue number
LBY 30370

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