Warships around the World

The formert Type 42 destroyer H,M,S,Edinburgh awaits her fait at Portsmouth on 8th August 2015.

H.M.S.Queen Elizabeth seen at Portsmouth on 31st August 2017.

Ton Class minesweeper M1151 H.M.S.Iveston seen in Portsmouth Harbour (scanned from 35mm negative) .She was commissioned in on 29th June 1955 and became T.S. Iveston in 1993 . She was broken up at Erith in 2015.There was a mutiny on board HMS Iveston at Ullapool in 1970. This was the last mutiny in the Royal Navy. Five of the crew were dismissed and jailed for their drunken protest which involved singing Irish songs outside the officers’ wardroom.

R.F.A.Fort Austin (A386) passing the Isle of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth outbound from Rosyth on 12th July 2013

Portsmouth Harbour,27th August 2014.Type 23 H.M.S.Westminster with H.M.S.Kent in the background.

Type 23 Frigate F82 H.M.S.Somerset at Avonmouth on 8th November 2014 on a courtesy visit.