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Sunday, August 22, 2021
OnThisDay 1918 HMS HOOD was launched on the Clyde. At the time the most powerful and largest warship in the world and at 860ft long she was only 70 ft shorter the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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HMS Middleton alongside in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Stores Basin, Sembawang Dockyard, Singapore, 1974. RFA TIDESURGE and RFA TIDESPRING visiting with HMS LONDONDERRY, HMS SYCLLA, HMS DANAE, HMS CHICHESTER, HMAS VENDETTA, HMS HYDRA, HMS ARIADNE, HMS WASPERTON, HMS YARNTON, HMNZS OTAGO,
Naval vessels from various countries, docked at Portsmouth Naval Base. Taking part in the International Fleet Review which was part of the Trafalgar 200 celebrations. 2005.
On This Day in 1918, the newly commissioned HMS GLATTON suffered a fire in a magazine whilst in Dover. Due to the proximity of an ammunition ship she was torpedoed by Vice Admiral Keyes to prevent a larger disaster. She was moved later and now rests under the current ferry terminal. Loss of 98 men.
http://gpc.glatton.org.uk/about/the-tragic-account-of-the-royal-navys-fourth-hms-glatton
http://gpc.glatton.org.uk/about/the-tragic-account-of-the-royal-navys-fourth-hms-glatton
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