World War Two: Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)
Two Wren Torpedoman of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) hoist a new explosive nose section using a block and tackle chain to a 21-inch submarine torpedo on 4th June 1943 at the HMS Dolphin Royal Naval shore establishment sited at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport near Portsmouth in England. (Photo by M. McNeill/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

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Hulton Archive
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04 June, 1943
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