Some 60 (ish) years ago, a fine picture of the Illustrious-class armored-deck fleet carrier HMS Victorious (R38) flying a paying-off (or possibly return home) pennant. Warshipologist contends this is when leaving Singapore (Sembawang) in July 1964. A commando carrier is already alongside, which would likely be the Bulwark, possibly Albion.

Ranged on her deck are Blackburn Buccaneers, Westland Wessex HAS.3 helicopters De Havilland Sea Vixens a Fairey Gannet COD4, and Fairey Gannet AEW.3s.

I had these in my collection that date from the same period and added them to the Warshipologist post, repeated below:

However, McCart dates the top image to Thursday 4th of May 1967, and says it is of Victorious heading home to start her ill-fated last refit.

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