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1949 The Implacable is sunk in the English Channel
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1:53Now PlayingDate: 8th December 1949
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Indent
SLATE INFORMATION: Last Voyage of the Implacable
ENGLAND: Portsmouth:
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EXPLOSIONS Big explosion.. As the Implacable is scuttled of Selsey Bill.
IMPLACABLE - Training Ship Scuttled...Shots of her being towed out of Portsmouth Harbour...Shots of Officer on board the Finisteere....firing of explosives charges....Big explosion...shots of the White Ensign & the French Tricolor flying together..wreckage after the explosion.....
PORTSMOUTH. Shots of the Implacable being towed out of Portsmouth Harbour on last voyage before scuttling.
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France, naval battles, scuttling, explosion, sinking, ship, ships, military
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