LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

HMS London fires last broadside

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:40

Description

Report on the last firing of the broadside on HMS London. Includes interviews with naval historian John Munday of the National Maritime Museum, about the history of the broadside; former sailor John Riggs, who was aboard the Duke of York during World War II when it fired its broadside in battle. Also interviewed is Admiral Bob Gherkin, who fired the HMS London broadside guns. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

John Munday; John Riggs; Bob Gherkin

Keywords

Weapons; History; Naval history; Warships; Ships; Guns; Battles; HMS London; Naval battles; Cannon; Battle of Trafalgar (1805)

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