RN Battleships: HMS Vanguard

[Dabtoe46]

Spithead Fleet Review, June 1953. The liner is the P & O Strathnaver, which along with Orcades and Pretoria Castle, carried Government guests in the procession astern of HMS Surprise and other HM Ships. The two I of W ferries are Brading and Southsea, which also took part in the review, with VIPs embarked.

[jbryce1437]

Spithead Fleet Review, June 1953. The liner is the P & O Strathnaver, which along with Orcades and Pretoria Castle, carried Government guests in the procession astern of HMS Surprise and other HM Ships. The two I of W ferries are Brading and Southsea, which also took part in the review, with VIPs embarked.

Many thanks for clarifying the names of the ships in the photo.

Jim

[DaveH]

Thankyou dabtoe40 all is clear now .......... my world cruise on Gothic confirmed as fake news . Every photo jolts our memory cells , sometimes in the wrong direction and it is nice to get proper gen .

[Dabtoe46]

Thanks for return comments Jim & Dave, none of us are getting any younger and the grey cells diminish, possibly the rum and beer (CSB) hasn't helped over the years, so we all get a bit confused at times. Thank you both for the great contribution you have both made to this site, I'm afraid I don't always get time to respond. Must try harder!!!
Regards, Ken Harrow (Dabtoe46).

[jbryce1437]

Thankyou dabtoe40 all is clear now .......... my world cruise on Gothic confirmed as fake news . Every photo jolts our memory cells , sometimes in the wrong direction and it is nice to get proper gen .

Gothic did stand in as the Royal Yacht 1952-54 for the Commonwealth Tour to Australia 1954


Jim

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Royal Yacht GOTHIC and escorts, cruiser HMS CEYLON in foreground April 1954.jpg

[oldsalt]

Ivor, missed your question re. holes in the bottom of the 15" guns. The short answer, I don't know, any of our readers ex gunnery branch may have the answer.From an engineering point of view could they be for some attachment to do with practice shoots or the hole to fit a spigot on a spanner for removal of barrel part?

[Brian James]

The last RN Battleship...Fast Battleship HMS Vanguard pictured c1952.

[timlewin]

looks as though she has been doing some hard steaming, all the paint on the flare of the focsle has been stripped back? A very fine picture.
tim

[Brian James]

HMS Vanguard ......1950.

[oldsalt]

Brian, if your pic. of Vanguard was taken at Cowes IOW Royal Regatta I was in her then.