Incredible photos. I love seeing never-seen old photos of great ships like those
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| Author: | Charybdis [ March 27th, 2012, 9:37 pm ] |
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My grandmother passed away recently and I as I was going through her old photos I found two pictures taken by my grandfather of HMS Vanguard and a carrier coming into Portsmouth Harbour. He was Royal Marine during WWII and served on HMS's Nelson and Howe but these are obviously after the war. I thought I'd share them with the forum and maybe someone in the know can tell me what the carrier is. |
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| Author: | Novice [ March 27th, 2012, 11:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Giants Discovered |
Great photos. the carrier in question must be one of the Illustrious class,but I can't be certain which ship exactly. |
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| Author: | Radome [ March 28th, 2012, 1:09 am ] |
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Incredible photos. I love seeing never-seen old photos of great ships like those
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| Author: | Bombhead [ March 28th, 2012, 8:22 am ] |
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Great stuff Charybdis and thanks for sharing these gems.I can't be 100% but I'm pretty sure the carrier is either Indefatigable or Implacable due to the forward 4.5" sponson being deeper on the last two ships. 
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| Author: | Ashley [ March 28th, 2012, 1:18 pm ] |
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Thank you very much for sharing these pics with us. You have done a great pleasure to us. |
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| Author: | Charybdis [ March 28th, 2012, 5:11 pm ] |
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I'm glad you all like them. I was amazed to find them myself after all these years. Thanks Bombhead, I knew someone like yourself would know these carriers inside out. |
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| Author: | Bombhead [ March 28th, 2012, 5:17 pm ] | |
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Great stuff Charybdis and thanks for sharing these gems.I can't be 100% but I'm pretty sure the carrier is either Indefatigable or Implacable due to the forward 4.5" sponson being deeper on the last two ships.
Bollocks,it looks like old Mr Bombhead got it wrong  Talking of coronation review I also found this that may be of some interest.![[ img ]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/catherine.fisher/Indomitable.jpg) ![[ img ]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0703/catherine.fisher/sharps291.jpg)
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| Author: | Charybdis [ March 28th, 2012, 9:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Giants Discovered |
Thats a great map of the Coronation Fleet Review, thanks. That would have been some sight. I only saw one review in Portsmouth and that was the D-Day 50th anniversary in 1994. I could barely get to the beach, there were so many people. |
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| Author: | Portsmouth Bill [ March 29th, 2012, 7:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Old Giants Discovered |
Yes, just looking at the number of ships represented is amazing; mind you, a lot of these would have been partially mothballed (i.e. a lot of their guns to save manpower). That said, you'd not want to blink when the next one is held, lest you missed the RN fleet |
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| Author: | Charybdis [ March 29th, 2012, 3:18 pm ] |
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I love that term "mothballed". I have an image in my head of a mighty battleship been eaten by a plague of hungry moths 
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