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HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy’s last battleship – in fact the last completed anywhere. She was laid down at the beginning of WW2 to make use of the 8 x 15 in guns stored after the conversion of light battlecruisers Courageous and Glorious to carriers, but higher resource priorities meant she was not completed tillContinue reading “HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy’s last battleship – in fact the…”

HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy’s last battleship – in fact the last completed anywhere. She was laid down at the beginning of WW2 to make use of the 8 x 15 in guns stored after the conversion of light battlecruisers Courageous and Glorious to carriers, but higher resource priorities meant she was not completed tillContinue reading “HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy’s last battleship – in fact the…”

Annual Blessing of the Fleet sets sail at Nelson Cherie Sivignon10:26, Jun 23 2019 VIRGINIA WOOLF/stuff The 19th annual Blessing the Fleet draws crowds to Wakefield Quay on the Nelson waterfront. With the smell of freshly cooked seafood in the air, the Nelson fishing fleet was blessed on Saturday for the season ahead. The 19th annualContinue reading “Annual Blessing of the Fleet sets sail at Nelson”

Annual Blessing of the Fleet sets sail at Nelson Cherie Sivignon10:26, Jun 23 2019 VIRGINIA WOOLF/stuff The 19th annual Blessing the Fleet draws crowds to Wakefield Quay on the Nelson waterfront. With the smell of freshly cooked seafood in the air, the Nelson fishing fleet was blessed on Saturday for the season ahead. The 19th annualContinue reading “Annual Blessing of the Fleet sets sail at Nelson”

Gibraltarian Royal Navy commander steers his ship on rare London visit – Gibraltar Chronicle A Gibraltarian Royal Navy commander has spoken of his pride at sailing his ship up the river Thames for a rare port visit to London. The hydrographic ship HMS Enterprise will carry out a number of ceremonial roles in the British capitalContinue reading “Gibraltarian Royal Navy commander steers his ship on rare London visit – Gibraltar Chronicle”