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Unique ID:
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1629
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Added to Database:
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27 March 2011
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Last Edited:
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20 March 2012
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Type (ID):
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L1E3 (3065)
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Model (ID):
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L1E3 (3065)
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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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Interwar / Alan Jolly Hall (3008)
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Serial Number: |
M120.
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Registration: |
T2430. FME 985. “T2430” painted on superstructure sides. “FME 985” painted on nose and rear hull.
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Other Identification: |
“MWEE 1367” in a white square painted on turret rear. Painted overall in a green and brown camouflage scheme.
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Collection Reference: |
E1951.33. (Accession 3351).
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Links: |
Museum Vehicle Record
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Location History:
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1: Vickers-Armstrongs Limited, Elswick, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, North East England, Britain (Manufacturer of sole prototype May 1939) 2: Aldershot Military Museum and MWEE, Aldershot, Hampshire, South East England, Britain (Trials at MWEE June 1939) 3: The Tank Museum - Public Areas, Bovington, Dorset, South West England, Britain (Current location)
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Text in original Preserved British Tanks publication:
[No entry]
Text in Preserved British Tanks Update:
[No entry]
Text in original Preserved Tanks In Britain publication:
This amphibious tank was designed and built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd in May 1939 at their Elswick Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It was the only example built. It was submitted for trials during June 1939 but the type did not enter production. It spent the next few years in reserve and was then subjected to more tests after the war. It shows some signs of damage, particularly to the rear left buoyancy tank. It has ‘MWEE’ painted on the turret and is presumed to have undergone at least some of its trials at the Mechanical Warfare Experimental Establishment at Aldershot, Hampshire. It was put on the museum books in 1951.
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March 2011
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1: Left view
Taken: 8 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6886 Added: 18 March 2012 Filename: 55342826... Views: 342 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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2: Front left view
Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6887 Added: 18 March 2012 Filename: 55342822... Views: 206 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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3: Rear left view
Taken: 6 March 2011 Contributor: M. Foti Photo ID: 6888 Added: 18 March 2012 Filename: 55342831... Views: 579 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 2008
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4: Front left view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4682 Added: 27 March 2011 Filename: P1030387... Views: 186 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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5: Front view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4683 Added: 27 March 2011 Filename: P1030386... Views: 213 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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6: Front right view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4684 Added: 27 March 2011 Filename: P1030385... Views: 183 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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7: Left view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4685 Added: 27 March 2011 Filename: P1030388... Views: 188 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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8: Rear left view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4686 Added: 27 March 2011 Filename: P1030389... Views: 202 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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9: Rear view
Taken: 27 October 2008 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 4687 Added: 27 March 2011 Filename: P1030390... Views: 206 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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October 1982
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10: Front left view
Taken: 26 October 1982 Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 6680 Added: 6 February 2012 Filename: Scan_L1E... Views: 203 Select/Has Priority: 21/0
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