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HMS Medway
World Naval Ships  Royal Navy Depot Ships  HMS Medway |
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| HMS Medway. Built as a depot Ship for Submarines and designed to tend 18 submarines of the O and P class's this number rising to 21 during world war two. Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched 19th July 1928. Displacement: 14650 tons, Speed 15 knots, Compliment: 400, Armament: Two 4 -inch Guns and Four 4-inch AA Guns. Served as depot Ship China 1939 then went to the Mediterranean 1940 and just off Alexandria was sunk by 2 or three torpedo's from U372. on the 30th June 1942 | |||||
HMS Medway, 1937. Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP3349 |
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My Dad served in the navy during WW2 and amongst his photo's was this one. The caption on the back is "This is the Medway and a flotilla of submarines". Kindly sent in by Margie Minogue |
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HMS Medway with the fourth submarine flotilla. P Class submarines on left and possibly O Class submarines on right. In the distance the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle shown during the 1930s at Wei Hai Wei. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX037 |
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HMS Medway, submarine depot ship launched in 1928. Built by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow, as a submarine supply ship she carried 144 21inch torpedoes and four 4 inch mk4 guns, two of which were mounted for her own defence. She was built to tend 18 submarines of the O and P class. HMS Medway was sunk by 2/3 torpedoes from U372 on 30th June 1942. She had a complement of 400. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX038 |
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HMS Medway at the China Station in 1930s. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX039 |
HMS Medway with P and O class submarines HMS Pandora, HMS Parthian, HMS Osirus and HMS Olympus at China Station 1930-33. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX040 |
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HMS Medway with submarines in Hong Kong. Sent in by Ira James. |
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HMS Medway in Hong Kong harbour in 1935 for the Jubilee. The submarine HMS Phoenix is alongside. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX041 |
HMS Medway at Wei Hai Wei, China in 1930s A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX042 |
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Below (grey background) are photos from the collection of SBCPO Frederick Owen Manning, who served on both HMS Medway and HMS Cyclops, and was on Medway when it was torpedoed off Alexandria. (see message board) |
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SBCPO Frederick Owen Manning. |
SBCPO Frederick Owen Manning. |
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The pictures below are of HMS Medway's engineering rooms. Taken at Wai Hei Wai, 1930's |
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A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX043 |
A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX044 |
A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX045 |
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A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX046 |
A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX047 |
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A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX048 |
A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX049 |
A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PHX050 |
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