Hms Nelson Royal Navy Socks
Description: A lovely colour photo of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Hermes in the 1960s. This photo of the bow of the ship was taken whilst the carrier was docked. This is one of many photo's that were taken by my father whilst he served on HMS Hermes in the 1960s.
The bow (front) of the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes in the 1960s Socks
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Description: Royal Navy - HMAV Bounty, His/Her Majesty's Armed Vessel Bounty, was a small merchant vessel that the Royal Navy purchased in 1787 for a botanical mission. The ship was sent to the South Pacific Ocean under the command of William Bligh to acquire breadfruit plants and transport them to the West Indies.
Description: HMS Belfast moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London. This Town-class light cruiser was built for the Royal Navy by Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and launched in 1938 on St Patrick's day. She served in the Second World War and the Korean War before entering reserve in 1963.
Description: Royal Navy - Sometime in the 19th century, the Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel the old superstition among sailors that beginning a voyage on a Friday was certain to bring bad luck. To demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they decided to commission a ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and she set sail on her maiden voyage on Friday the 13th, under the command of a Captain James Friday. She was never seen or heard from again. Or so the story goes, it is believed to be an urban legend within the Royal Navy.
Description: World War 2 - HMS Ark Royal was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that was operated during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938.
Description: Acrylic painting of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson on canvas, based on contemporary portraits. Famous for his inspirational leadership and unconventional battle tactics, culminating in his victory over the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars.
Description: A superb colour photo shot on board of the Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Hermes in the 1960s. The photograph shows a landing Westland Wessex helicopter in the foreground of another chopper. This is one of many photo's that were taken by my father whilst he served on HMS Hermes in the 1960s.
Description: Royal Navy - HMS Birkenhead, also known as HM Troopship Birkenhead, was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy. In January 1852, HMS Birkenhead left Portsmouth to transport troops to fight in the Frontier War in South Africa. In February 1852, the ship sank off the South African coast. The sinking of the Birkenhead is one of the earliest maritime disaster evacuations during which the concept of "women and children first" is known to have been applied. "Women and children first" subsequently became standard procedure in relation to the evacuation of sinking ships, in fiction and in life. The term "Birkenhead Drill" became defined as courageous behaviour in hopeless circumstances.
