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Fleet Review at Spithead 1953
Follow this LINK for a Pathe film of the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead in 1953. The days when we had a Navy!
Follow this LINK for a Pathe film of the Coronation Fleet Review at Spithead in 1953. The days when we had a Navy!
Just watched a newsreel of the Spithead review 1953.I was aboard H.M.S.Starling on loan from H.M.S.Ganges as a trainee.
It is sad that as the years have passed,our once formidable Navy has so dwindled.I served in the Royal Navy from February 1953 to October 1977 and am proud to have done so.
I served also from 1953, today I am well over 70 years of age and have lived in the Far East for more than 40 years, never in all my years, at home or abroad,
have I ever seen such a display—-well done the RN and all others who participated——-al;so—-a bit of trivia——-which ship that participated in 1953— RN or otherwise—-is still in commission. I am also very proud of the fact that
I was in the Mob during this time.