6495 x 9480 px | 55 x 80,3 cm | 21,7 x 31,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
1982
Lieu:
Falkland Islands
Informations supplémentaires:
Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.
Falklands War. A portfolio of 23 original Admiralty charts of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, the South Sandwich islands and the adjacent South American used on board HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands conflict in 1982 by Navigating Officer Ian Inskip. The maps are variously dated, most were published upon the outbreak of the conflict in 1982 or shortly before. The maps continued to be used after the conflict, and some have later small corrections to 1984. Several have manual annotations. Artist/engraver/cartographer: From Admiralty surveys. Provenance: From the Estate of Commander Inskip, Navigating Officer of HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands War 1982. Sea charts published by the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty. Several of these were issued in haste and are marked "to be used with caution". The portfolio cover has Commander Inskip's personal contact card stapled to it, along with a handwritten note stating "These are originals used by HMS Glamorgan in 1982 and are thus of historical value - please look after thema and return on completion of use. Many thanks. [Signed by] I. Inskip Cdr R.N.". Each map has "Ian Inskip Navigating Officer HMS Glamorgan" written in Inskip's hand in pencil on the reverse side. Type: A portfolio of British nautical sea charts used on board HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands War in 1982. Sea charts such as this were working navigational aids which were commonly updated and corrected during their working lives by hand annotation and/or printed overlays. They may also feature manuscript navigational notes, comments or other markings. A portfolio of 23 original Admiralty sea charts used on board HMS Glamorgan during the 1982 Falklands War by Navigating Officer Ian Inskip. Commander Inskip was at the helm of the Glamorgan when it came under attack from an Argentine Exocet missile. He ordered a high speed turn away from the missile, which prevented it hitting the side of ship perpendicularly and penetrating the hull, instead res
