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Unique ID:
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1581
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Added to Database:
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25 February 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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Char B1 (6800)
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Model (ID):
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Char B1-bis (6804)
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Location Category (ID):
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The Tank Museum - Public Areas (3000)
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Location (ID):
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Tank Story Hall (3004)
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Serial Number: |
36: “36” stamped on maker’s plate.
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Registration: |
30002: “30002” painted on nose.
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Name: |
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Other Identification: |
Spade symbol in white square painted on left turret side. Painted overall in a German late-war camouflage scheme.
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Collection Reference: |
E1951.40. (Accession 4051, Entry 1951.1007).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
Channel Islands Occupation Society – Pictures
Jersey War Tunnels – Press Release
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Associated Tanks: |
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Location History:
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1: Renault S.A., Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, North East France, France (Manufactured 1938)
2: War Tunnels, Saint Lawrence, Jersey, South West England, Britain (German service March/April 1942 - 1945)
3: Directorate of Tank Design, Chertsey, Surrey, South East England, Britain (From May 1946)
4: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
5: War Tunnels, Saint Lawrence, Jersey, South West England, Britain (February-August 2008)
6: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved French Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved French Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This B1 was manufactured by Renault in 1938. It was issued to 1st Platoon, 1st Company, Panzer Abteilung 213, Panzer Division Schweizingen for service in the Channel Islands and was captured on Jersey at the end of the war. Panzer Abteilung 213 was formed in the autumn of 1941 to operate French tanks, and arrived in Jersey and Guernsey in March and April 1942 on the SS Derindje and SS Livadia. This tank was number 114. The regiment never fired a shot in anger, although many of its recruits fought in other panzer regiments. The tanks were returned to France in May 1946, although this one was sent to the School of Tank Technology in Britain before being moved to the Tank Museum. (Source: Museum Vehicle Record).
This Char B1 was put on the museum books in 1951. It went on a six month loan to the Jersey War Tunnels museum in February 2008.
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March 2011
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1: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6952
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55880237...
Views: 227
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6953
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55874450...
Views: 181
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Front right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6954
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55874506...
Views: 577
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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4: Rear right view
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6955
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55874386...
Views: 175
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Maker's plate with serial number
Taken: 7 March 2011
Contributor: M. Foti
Photo ID: 6956
Added: 19 March 2012
Filename: 55880496...
Views: 737
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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6: Upper rear left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4587
Added: 25 February 2011
Filename: P1030268...
Views: 183
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Upper rear left view
Taken: 27 October 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4588
Added: 25 February 2011
Filename: P1030287...
Views: 172
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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February 2008
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8: Front right view
Taken: 21 February 2008
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 4590
Added: 25 February 2011
Filename: Dig_Char...
Views: 359
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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9: Front right view
Taken: 26 October 1982
Contributor: T. Larkum
Photo ID: 6729
Added: 12 February 2012
Filename: Scan_Cha...
Views: 184
Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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