In Port After Successful Patrol Duties
An aerial photograph of a British submarine under way, with an inset of a Beaufort torpedo-bomber, carries a caption saying the planes 'are the terror of Nazi shipping' and that one squadron destroyed over 103,000 tons of shipping. The tell for card-stacking is a single tonnage total with no source, period or losses; the tell for name-calling is the loaded label 'terror of Nazi shipping'.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1939
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- British government wartime poster series 'For Freedom' (issuing department and printer not stated; series mark and sheet code 'E B.4' only)
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; no rights statement on the sheet; hosted by owner decision
British wartime poster series 'For Freedom' (issuer not stated). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-172h.
Text on the object
E B.4 [logo: Union Jack] FOR FREEDOM IN PORT AFTER SUCCESSFUL PATROL DUTIES A BRITISH SUBMARINE arrives safely back in port after a patrol. The submarine's weapon is the torpedo. Inset above the submarine is another kind of British torpedo-carrier—a Beaufort torpedo-bomber. These planes are the terror of Nazi shipping. One Royal Air Force squadron has destroyed over 103,000 tons of enemy shipping since it was equipped with Beaufort bombers. Above the water and under the water alike, the striking power of Britain at sea grows greater every day.
