Re: All our yesterdays...
Posted: 03 Oct 2011, 14:05
Adding a few more shots.. this time of a nautical nature
First.. the MN ships my dad served on..
Luculus.. a tanker he did the Russian Convoy JW62/RA62. No merchant ships were lost on either convoy though the RN didn't do so well. HMS Cassandra had her bows blown off by a torpedo on the return trip and had to be towed back to Murmansk. She was eventually repaired
SS Peribonka (seen here probably in '47 when Saguenay Terminals renamed their owned ships with a Sun prefix as Sunwalt). He did the Med Convoy on this little tinker..
Larchfield. He didn't mention this one much and looking at it, with good reason! A coaster operating out of Liverpool
SS Viking.. looks like it was already from a different era and I guess it was. It was built in 1905 which predates Titanic by some 6 years!. Seen here after war service returned to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd.
SS Fort Columbia.. a 'European' version of the American Liberty ships. Built in 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Vancouver. All British operated vessels were prefixed 'Fort' and all Canadian operated vessels were prefixed 'Park'. Fort Columbia went to Saguenay Terminals when released from war service.
RMS Rangitiki.. built 1929 for New Zealand Shipping Co.Ltd and registered in Plymouth. He did a RTW trip on this.. his last time at sea before meeting mom!
And if this isn't enough.. here are mine
HMS Hermes.. No fixed wing at this time I'm sad to say.. she was a Command Helicopter ship
HMS Blake.. a nice colour shot of C99 doing her stuff. Originally built with 6 and 3 inch turrets aft, these were removed to accommodate the hangar which housed 4 Sea Kings. Shows just how big it was!
HMS Norfolk.. County Class Destroyer. Originally designed as a light cruiser, the labour government of the day told the Admiralty that they couldn't have cruisers so it was re-classified as a Destroyer!
HMS Wakeful.. what a little devil this was Built for Sweden as a deep sea tug, the RN picked it up secondhand and used it as the Clyde Guardship. Main armament, a GPMG, a handful of Sterling submachine guns and a few pistols for the officers Never put on your Drafting Preference card in 'Areas to avoid'.. Scotland, cause they'll send you there for a laugh!
HMS Iveston.. Ton class minehunter.. ships of wood, men of steel e t c. A decent little ship this one but boy.. did it bounce around or what!
And finally.. HMS Andromeda, batch III Leander. Did 2 trips out in the Gulf during the Iran/Iraq war on this lady.. first one as Task Group Commander and the second as oddball to be sent where no one else wanted to go.. eg, into a suspected minefield area! Got some colour phots of her somewhere but can't find the bloody things This shot in the Gulf..
That's all folks
ATB
DaveB
First.. the MN ships my dad served on..
Luculus.. a tanker he did the Russian Convoy JW62/RA62. No merchant ships were lost on either convoy though the RN didn't do so well. HMS Cassandra had her bows blown off by a torpedo on the return trip and had to be towed back to Murmansk. She was eventually repaired
SS Peribonka (seen here probably in '47 when Saguenay Terminals renamed their owned ships with a Sun prefix as Sunwalt). He did the Med Convoy on this little tinker..
Larchfield. He didn't mention this one much and looking at it, with good reason! A coaster operating out of Liverpool
SS Viking.. looks like it was already from a different era and I guess it was. It was built in 1905 which predates Titanic by some 6 years!. Seen here after war service returned to the Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. Ltd.
SS Fort Columbia.. a 'European' version of the American Liberty ships. Built in 1943 by Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd., Vancouver. All British operated vessels were prefixed 'Fort' and all Canadian operated vessels were prefixed 'Park'. Fort Columbia went to Saguenay Terminals when released from war service.
RMS Rangitiki.. built 1929 for New Zealand Shipping Co.Ltd and registered in Plymouth. He did a RTW trip on this.. his last time at sea before meeting mom!
And if this isn't enough.. here are mine
HMS Hermes.. No fixed wing at this time I'm sad to say.. she was a Command Helicopter ship
HMS Blake.. a nice colour shot of C99 doing her stuff. Originally built with 6 and 3 inch turrets aft, these were removed to accommodate the hangar which housed 4 Sea Kings. Shows just how big it was!
HMS Norfolk.. County Class Destroyer. Originally designed as a light cruiser, the labour government of the day told the Admiralty that they couldn't have cruisers so it was re-classified as a Destroyer!
HMS Wakeful.. what a little devil this was Built for Sweden as a deep sea tug, the RN picked it up secondhand and used it as the Clyde Guardship. Main armament, a GPMG, a handful of Sterling submachine guns and a few pistols for the officers Never put on your Drafting Preference card in 'Areas to avoid'.. Scotland, cause they'll send you there for a laugh!
HMS Iveston.. Ton class minehunter.. ships of wood, men of steel e t c. A decent little ship this one but boy.. did it bounce around or what!
And finally.. HMS Andromeda, batch III Leander. Did 2 trips out in the Gulf during the Iran/Iraq war on this lady.. first one as Task Group Commander and the second as oddball to be sent where no one else wanted to go.. eg, into a suspected minefield area! Got some colour phots of her somewhere but can't find the bloody things This shot in the Gulf..
That's all folks
ATB
DaveB