"Protest boat at USS Poseidon 1989 photograph" [NMLH.1994.159.1.11.2]

Catalogue Number
NMLH.1994.159.1.11.2

Object Name
photograph

Title
DANGER - CRUISE MISSILES

Place
Portsmouth; Southampton

People
Sea Act

Date
1989

Description
Colour photograph of a small boat on a river with two people carrying a neon pink banner reading "DANGER - CRUISE MISSILES". The boat is near a much larger yellow boat and the top of a black submarine is visible in the background just above the water's surface. In handwriting on the back of the photograph is "USS Poseidon sub - Portsmouth Oct '89".


Part of a collection of photographs from Southampton Sea Act's protest of the Poseidon nuclear submarine at Portsmouth harbour, October 1989.

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