Britain’s new battleships HMS Anson and HMS Howe join the Royal Navy fleet (1942)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Captains Kinahan and Woodhouse assume command of new warships, crew and troops board, supplies loaded as ships prepares to leave the dock Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Britain’s New Battleships - . Anson and Howe Join the Royal Navy ENGLAND: EXT ANCHOR drops anchor GUNS. fires 14 in guns HOWEN. . Battleship takes in KINAHAN Captain of Battleship Anson MACHINERY engine room of . Howe NAVAL. Battleships Anson & Howe in touches to. . Woodhouse takes stores & “ . Anson, Capt. fires 14“ anchor SEA churned up by propellers SHELLS loading 14 in shell on . Howe SHIP BUILDING workers put finishing touches to Navy - Active Admiral George Anson, British Pacific Fleet, King George V, Admiral Richard Howe, Home Fleet, Sir Charles Henry Woodhouse, World War II, WWII, Background: Captains Kinahan and Woodhouse assume command of new warships, crew and troops board, supplies loaded as ships prepares to leave the dock FILM ID: VLVA78VVP12VLLBDKVCXFB7QZON68 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pathé