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Sep. 09, 1954 -” Pre Wetting” Trials in H.M.S. Cumberland. A method of protecting warships...

Sep. 09, 1954 -” Pre Wetting” Trials in H.M.S. Cumberland. A method of protecting warships against radioactive
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Sep. 09, 1954 -” Pre Wetting” Trials in H.M.S. Cumberland. A method of protecting warships against radioactive particles while operating on the outer fringe of a region affected by an underwater atomic bomb explosion, has been the subject of trials in H.M.S. Cumberland. Known as” pre wetting”, it involves the continual washing of all weather surfaces of the ship during and after exposure to contamination, and this picture shows hundreds of tons of water an hour pumped over Cumberland during tests in the Med
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Sep. 09, 1954 -” Pre Wetting” Trials in H.M.S. Cumberland. A method of protecting warships against radioactive particles while operating on the outer fringe of a region affected by an underwater atomic bomb explosion, has been the subject of trials in H.M.S. Cumberland. Known as” pre wetting”, it involves the continual washing of all weather surfaces of the ship during and after exposure to contamination, and this picture shows hundreds of tons of water an hour pumped over Cumberland during tests in the Med

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20th century / photography / photogrqph / black and white / 1950-1959 annees 50 50s / 20th century

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