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Description: | Concept: shipping, civilian morale, cartography, flag / banner / standard, business / trading / markets Description: whole: the main image is positioned in the upper half, with a smaller image located in the centre left. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in blue and black, set against a white background. The text is separate and placed in the lower half, in black and in blue, set against a turquoise background. image: a map of the world, with the main trade routes indicated with red lines. The smaller image is a White Ensign flying on a flagpole. text: THE BRITISH NAVY'S JOB IS WORLD-WIDE THIS MAP shows how the highways of the seas provide vital lifelines for the United Nations and how Naval control of those highways denies to the Axis Powers access to essential war supplies The lines indicate the main trade routes and show the vast distances to be covered Over 80,000 miles of trade routes regularly patrolled Between 2,000 and 3,000 British and Allied ships guarded constantly at sea Over 14,000 miles of sea lanes kept swept clear of mines Over 120,000 voyages in convoy escorted by British warships and Naval and R.A.F. aircraft (199 out of every 200 ships arriving safely) 80% of Britain's war production carried to battle-fronts overseas More than 125 warships and over 6,000,000 tons of enemy shipping destroyed, captured or damaged The enemy's high-seas trade cut off, including vital war materials 600 British warships and auxiliaries constantly at sea. Some of them have travelled a distance equal to nine times round the world HELPING TO SAFEGUARD FREEDOM PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY MULTI MACHINE PLATES LTD. LONDON E.C.4. 51-2723. Object: map, flag | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: Multi Machine Plates Ltd, London EC4 | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=3335... | Go to resource |
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