CROSS CHANNEL STEAMER NOW RECREATION SHIP FOR SAILORS. JUNE 1943, SCAPA FLOW. THE CROSS-CHANNEL STEAMER, AUTOCARRIER, WHICH USED TO TRANSPORT HOLIDAY-MAKERS CARS TO AND FROM FRANCE, IS TODAY A RECREATION SHIP FOR THE CREWS OF THE MANY HOME FLEET AUXILIARY VESSELS WHICH ATTEND TO THE SERVICING NEEDS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. IT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND, AND TO THOUSANDS OF MEN IT MEANS BEER AND "FLICKS" ONCE A WEEK. - Men rushing across a drifter to board the AUTOCARRIER quickly to ensure a good seat for the cinema show. Men rushing across a drifter to board the AUTOCARRIER quickly to ens
CROSS CHANNEL STEAMER NOW RECREATION SHIP FOR SAILORS. JUNE 1943, SCAPA FLOW. THE CROSS-CHANNEL STEAMER, AUTOCARRIER, WHICH USED TO TRANSPORT HOLIDAY-MAKERS CARS TO AND FROM FRANCE, IS TODAY A RECREATION SHIP FOR THE CREWS OF THE MANY HOME FLEET AUXILIARY VESSELS WHICH ATTEND TO THE SERVICING NEEDS OF THE ROYAL NAVY. IT IS THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND, AND TO THOUSANDS OF MEN IT MEANS BEER AND "FLICKS" ONCE A WEEK. - Men rushing across a drifter to board the AUTOCARRIER quickly to ensure a good seat for the cinema show. Men rushing across a drifter to board the AUTOCARRIER quickly to ensure a good seat for the cinema show. (Photograph taken by Lt F A Hudson.) ,
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