HMS Prince of Wales alongside Stavanger following Exercise Dynamic Mongoose

HMS VICTORIOUS leaving HMNB Portsmouth for sea trials after an 8 year refit in which she was almost rebuilt and significantly upgraded since her initial launch in 1939

. She would serve until 1968 when she was deleted early as part of defence cutsType 984 radar (Searchlight) Type 984 was a Royal Navy radar system introduced in the mid-1950s, designed by the Admiralty Signals Research Establishment. Type 984 was a 3D S band system used for both ground controlled interception (GCI) and asContinue reading “HMS VICTORIOUS leaving HMNB Portsmouth for sea trials after an 8 year refit in which she was almost rebuilt and significantly upgraded since her initial launch in 1939”

HMS ALBION 1954 – Sydney

British Fairey Barracuda Mk. II torpedo bomber from 814 Naval Air Squadron flies over the British aircraft carrier HMS Venerable (R63) and the destroyer Alfredo Oriani of the Italian allied fleet (Marina Cobelligerante Italiana).May 1945

A comparison of the two Audacious-class aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, HMS Eagle (R05) and HMS Ark Royal (R09)