Hartlepool History Then & Now

Ashore in New York

What we know about this image :

Royal Navy Stoker Thomas McCluskey on the quayside at New York, sometime in the early 1940s. It is possible the ship alongside is HMS Royal Sovereign, on which Thomas served in 1940/41, and which was engaged on Atlantic Convoy escort duty during this period.

Date (of image) : 1940

Donor : Mr. Andrew McCluskey

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