RN Battleships: Queen Elizabeth Class

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timlewin
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those huge quarter-decks were ideal for deck sports for the Mids, hee is one from TTLs time in Valiant in 1940;
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The ill fated Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Barham lies at anchor, c1916.
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Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship Camouflage patterns...1939/41.
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designeraccd
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Nice "chart", Brian!! Here's MALAYA with some camo, but later than shown in your excellent "chart"......... ;) DFO
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Two memory jerkers there .
1. My wife's father was on Valiant at that time , and
2. The father of a great friend , was one of the survivors of the Barham and twice Lord Mayor of Plymouth .

Thanks for posting
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COVERS OF THE SHOTLEY MAGS.
We have found evidence that the Magazines were printed for us by the East Anglian Daily Times Co. Ipswich. See attached image and follow the links.
https://pbase.com/hms_ganges_museum/image/170528699
And
https://pbase.com/hms_ganges_museum/image/170499368
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Brian James
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V & W Class Destroyer HMAS Vendetta pictured on RAS approach to Queen Elizabeth Class Battleship HMS Valiant,Mediterranean Sea 1940/41.
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superb pictures, thanks very much, none ever seen before.
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VERY nice set of pics indeed! Great find Brian! :D

Here is sister VALIANT a few years later........DFO
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indeed excellent, thanks. these ships were not great in length but very beamy. They had presence. Interesting to read in TTLs journal of references to the others in the class, only QE and Valiant were ever really modernised.
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