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British War Damage Reports

These reports are for British vessels that were repaired in the United States during the Second World War. And are the official naval report of damages sustained to the vessel. These reports have photographs that show the damage to the vessel and some temporary repairs. The photographs are reproduced on standard stock paper; the quality of the reproduction is not good by any stretch of the imagination. Where POSSIBLE the original photographs will be inserted as an appendix to the report. Within each report there are extended length "plates". These plates are a visual representation and location of the damage to the vessel, and form an integral part of the report that cannot be excluded from it. The plates are oversized, meaning, they exceed the scannable area of a NARA approved flatbed scanner, 12" X 17" or tabloid size. The only means of scanning these plates is to have the scan done by NARA. The cost is $3.50 per foot of scan, this cost is subject to change by NARA at any time. The average length of a 'plate' is approximately three (3) feet.

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Example - LINE NUMBER 1, HMS ACHATES

British War Damage Reports
Line Number VESSEL NAME
1HMS ACHATES
War Damage Report
25 July 1941
East of Iceland
British Advisory Repair Mission (B.A.R.M.)
Offical Report and three plates
2HMS HERMIONE
War Damage Report
16 June 1942
Eastern Mediteranean
Loss in Action
Four (4) Plates
3HMS ILEX
War Damage Report
15 June 1941
Mediterranean Sea, coast of Palestine
British Advisory Repair Mission (B.A.R.M.)
Offical Report
Five (5) plates
4HMS NAIAD
War Damage Report
11 March 1942
Mediterranean Sea
Four (4) plates
5HMS ORION
War Damage Report
29 May 1941
Eastern Mediteranean
British Advisory Repair Mission (B.A.R.M.)
Offical Report and 13 small plates
6 HMS WOLFHOUND
War Damage Report
3 September 1941
East of England
British Advisory Repair Mission (B.A.R.M.)
Offical Report and four plates