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Forum: Royal Navy 7th April 2023, 02:19
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Posted By brisray
That ended well. I just received another email...

That ended well. I just received another email from them. The original quote they got was for £1,500. Thanks to the posts we've made they found someone to do the work for under £500.

They weren't...
Forum: Royal Navy 6th April 2023, 00:26
Replies: 2
Views: 4,815
Posted By brisray
Royal Navy Memorials - NMA

This is a longshot and might not even be suitable here. I write a site about HMS Gambia - https://hmsgambia.org/ - and recently received an email on behalf of the HMS Dunedin Society.

Like Gambia,...
Forum: Royal Navy 12th July 2020, 21:01
Replies: 1
Views: 7,523
Posted By brisray
Name Types

Someone sent me a transcription of her father's diary from his time on the aircraft carrier HMS Warrior in 1954. I've put that at http://brisray.com/dad/Smith.htm if anyone would like to see it.
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Forum: Royal Navy 24th August 2019, 21:30
Replies: 2
Views: 6,267
Posted By brisray
Yeeyaw. I've got it from a reply in another...

Yeeyaw. I've got it from a reply in another group. This is HMS Swiftsure after being rammed by HMS Diamond in 1953.
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Forum: Royal Navy 24th August 2019, 19:43
Replies: 2
Views: 6,267
Posted By brisray
What ship is this? Phoebe? Jamaica?

I need a bit of help.

I am trying to find what ship this is and when the photo was taken. It was sent to me by the son of someone who served on HMS Phoebe from 1948 to 1951.
I can't find a...
Forum: Royal Navy 6th August 2019, 04:35
Replies: 0
Views: 4,638
Posted By brisray
HMS Warrior - Carrier Deck Letters

Almost 20 years ago I put some some photos of HMS Warrior, that my dad served on, on one of my websites - http://brisray.com/dad/warrior-ship1.htm That shows the ship with the identification letter...
Forum: Royal Navy 3rd August 2019, 21:03
Replies: 1
Views: 5,104
Posted By brisray
I can't find any evidence that HMS Gambia left...

I can't find any evidence that HMS Gambia left Wareham Creek for any reason apart from being towed out for scrapping in 1969.

During WWII, many towns adopted a ship and Huddersfield adopted HMS...
Forum: Royal Navy 2nd August 2019, 01:25
Replies: 1
Views: 5,104
Posted By brisray
HMS Gambia 1962?

I write the site about HMS Gambia at http://hmsgambia.org/ and I have a bit of a mystery. It seems the more I write, the less I know.

As far as I knew, HMS Gambia was laid up at Fareham Creek,...
Forum: Royal Navy 27th February 2018, 01:34
Replies: 0
Views: 5,479
Posted By brisray
HMS Gambia A.A.M.

A bit of a long shot but I've been sent photos of someone with the initials A.A.M. He was in Class 110 at Royal Arthur which I think would have been in 1941/42. He later served on HMS Gambia.

Has...
Forum: Royal Navy 19th February 2018, 00:22
Replies: 6
Views: 6,661
Posted By brisray
Gibraltar 1953/4

Back in the 50s two photo-journalists were out and about on Gibraltar. These might bring some memories, especially if you were hanging around the Trocadero.

Ralph Crane - LIFE Magazine -...
Forum: Royal Navy 2nd November 2017, 00:39
Replies: 0
Views: 5,153
Posted By brisray
RN Reunions

Mike Crowe was Radio Electrical Mechanic, 1st Class on HMS Gambia’s 1958 – 1960 commission – her last. He now runs http://www.rnshipmates.co.uk/

He recently emailed me saying he has a list of all...
Forum: Royal Navy 10th June 2017, 01:01
Replies: 0
Views: 5,816
Posted By brisray
Fleet Regattas – Cock of the Fleet

"Go get the Cock by its what nots or do not came back!"

I’ve been putting together I’ve got about the Cock of the Fleet - http://hmsgambia.org/fleet-cock.htm

When the fleet was in port the...
Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends? 14th May 2017, 16:49
Replies: 3
Views: 7,156
Posted By brisray
Aircraft Carrier?

Can someone identify this ship and where it was taken? I believe it dates from the late 40s or early 50s.

It came from the relative of someone who once served on HMS Gambia (http://hmsgambia.org/)...
Forum: Say Hello 10th May 2017, 05:35
Replies: 3
Views: 4,314
Posted By brisray
HMS Gambia

My father served on HMS Gambia (1950 - 1952) and HMS Warrior (1953 - 1955). I put all the photos he had on http://brisray.com/dad/ in 1999.

In 2005 the HMS Gambia contacted me about helping to...
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