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rumrat
16-10-2007, 13:23
CARYSFORT Commissioned at Gibraltar on the 14 May 1964 for a General Service Commission with the 27th Escort Squadron Under the Command of Commander GMK Brewer RN.
Between 1964-1966 CARYSFORT saw service in various parts of the globe including the Far East for the Indonesian Confrontation off Malaya in 1965 as well as visits to numerous places in the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean inbetween.Before arriving back in Devonport to De-Commssion in September 1966.
AlZictorini
17-10-2007, 19:22
rumrat

Whats the Commando Carrier in the background in picture ID285?

Good set of Pics by the way.:rolleyes:
rumrat
18-10-2007, 11:44
I think it's BULWARK Not 100% sure will check it out.
Regards
Dave
Alan B
18-10-2007, 13:08
Albion had type 965 atop her mast I believe, Bulwark didn't.
Hope this helps
Alan
rumrat
18-10-2007, 14:54
Alan ,
I think your right Re the 965 radar so it looks like being BULWARK after all
unless someone else knows better ?
Go on shoot me down will yer .
Regards
Dave
rumrat
18-10-2007, 15:00
A couple more pix of CARYSFORT
Dave
Alan B
18-10-2007, 15:01
And me Dave :p
I remember the Bulwark lying up the trot in Pompey just rusting away :( till they took her away. Wasn't she earmarked once to be converted into a crane ship for the oil rigs? Uplifting experience, I suppose :o
Alan
rumrat
18-10-2007, 15:08
Alan,
That's quite possible although Iv'e never heard that before ,you generally hear all sorts of rumours about whats going to happen to ships when they are laid up for a long time ,Take FEARLESS and INTREPID for example there has been more stories about whats happening to them than anything else for the past few years. I even heard one buzz that INTREPID was going to be scrapped on the Tyne At A&Ps yard at Hebburn but I doubt it will ever happen.
Regards
Dave
Alan B
18-10-2007, 15:13
They're still in Pompey Dave. I took this photo on Saturday 13th.
rumrat
18-10-2007, 15:26
Nice shot Alan but can you tell which is which ? The mast is a dead give a way
Dave
Alan B
18-10-2007, 15:32
I can't tell Dave. I can see they're different but if I look up for too long I get dizzy:) Here's one I did earlier.
Alan
rumrat
18-10-2007, 15:45
Once again Alan i'm wide open to get shot down, but i was always of the impression that INTREPID had the taller mast in fact it was supposed to be the tallest in the fleet,Anybody know different ?
Regards
Dave
Alan B
18-10-2007, 15:48
Dave
How about the Victory?:confused::o
rumrat
18-10-2007, 19:30
Alan,
Now that is splitting hairs mate but you could be right , i never gave VICTORY a throught.
Dave
Alan B
18-10-2007, 20:49
Dave
Perhaps we'll both get shot down now.
Anyway, going back to the Carysfort, I'm sure she was another of my old mucker Joe Archers, who I mentioned in another thread re Ulster and her bumper-car tactics, ships. I'll have to catch up with him, have a tot or two, and find out.
All the best
Alan
ludsie
11-12-2011, 09:02
Great pictures thanks for sharing
Teuchter
11-12-2011, 09:46
rumrat

Whats the Commando Carrier in the background in picture ID285?

I don't think it is a Commando Carrier:) (I could be wrong though!!!:o)

It looks like a Gannet on deck right forr'ad and the wessex helicopters are the wrong colour for a "Junglie" sqdn - they look more like "pingers"

Could it be Centaur?


FAA helicopters:-

Junglie - RN commando helicopter sqdn

Pinger - Rn Sonar "dipping" helicopter sqdn
tjstoneman
11-12-2011, 10:41
If Teuchter (post #17) is referring to the 17th photo in post #1 of this thread, then I believe the carrier in the background is either HMAS SYDNEY or MELBOURNE - she's certainly not a Centaur class ship.

TimS
Mitch Hinde
11-12-2011, 14:34
Hi All

Any one know what has happened to B mounting in pic 8 of post #1?

Mitch Hinde
Andy Waugh
11-12-2011, 14:40
Pic 8 shows the stern. X gun replaced by two squid mortars.
tjstoneman
11-12-2011, 14:42
Mitch,
Post #1 photo 8 shows "Y" mounting and the Squid magazine which replaced "X" mounting.
Tim
Mitch Hinde
11-12-2011, 14:54
Hi Tim

Silly me, so it does. Can't tell me stem from me stern, doh:p

Mitch Hinde
eskimosailor
11-12-2011, 16:23
If Teuchter (post #17) is referring to the 17th photo in post #1 of this thread, then I believe the carrier in the background is either HMAS SYDNEY or MELBOURNE - she's certainly not a Centaur class ship.

TimS

The choppers look like Mk 1 Wessex, so they will only have the earlier shallow dip sonar, and the Gannet also seems to be a Mk 1 with the older "Dustbin" radar.
Does this help any?
Steve
ludsie
12-12-2011, 09:17
Most likely Melbourne pretty sure Sydney did tolerate those types of aircraft at that time