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romft1945
14-02-2008, 17:48
A memorable year anyone else got any photos

1 Pretoria Castle steaming past the cruiser HMS devonshire
2 Queen and the Duke aboard Royal Yacht Surprise
3 HMS Redpole bottom left Royal Yacht Surprise behind her
4 Queen and Duke meet Capn rudakov of the Russian cruiser Sverdlov
5 Queen Mother and Princess Margaret join the royal Yacht

The Sailor
16-02-2008, 23:40
Here are a couple. HMS Vanguard was there and so was HMS Eagle

astraltrader
17-02-2008, 16:58
I have this postcard which is quite interesting...

astraltrader
26-03-2008, 04:25
I bought this one over the weekend.
It really shows that despite the massive scrapping of RN warships that had happened during the years 1946-1953, how huge our navy still was!

John Brown
26-03-2008, 09:18
Excellent photo Terry.

An impressive number of ships although, of course, not all of them belong to the British Navy.

Regards....John

Batstiger
26-03-2008, 13:18
I'm on there somewhere! HMS Largo Bay.
Let me know if you can see me!

Bob

John Brown
26-03-2008, 14:09
I can see you Bob. You appear to be standing on something thick and heavy........Oh!... It's your wallet:p


John