Hi my name is Myles Webb i live in Perth Australia. Morse, DSO, RN) was also ordered to proceed to the area off Ascension with the destroyers HMS Hyperion and HMS Hunter which departed Freetown on the 25th. While travelling home one weekend on his motorbike in September 1972, Richard was involved in a fatal accident 1 mile away from his home. Painting. HMS Cumberland (1928 - 1959) Royal Navy. In the making of the film you will notice as she steamed past Grand harbour she had no guns on board.I joined HMS Ark Royal on 31st Ocober 1956 in Guzz Dockyard - HMS Cumberland was in dry dock agt the time.Hi, could this be the Cumberland my late father sailed with as AB June 1949-Nov 1949 or was there another one ?Gilieman, yes this was your father's ship, HMS Cumberland County class cruiser.We use cookies to improve your experience on this website and so that ads you see online can be tailored to your online browsing interests. HMS King George V Resources. My guess is EAGLE.hello my dad served on the cumberland in the mid 50s said she was testing 6 inch and 3 inch quick firing guns also said she shot down an american target drone no one else could hit as the guns were raidar controledCumberland was my first Ship,I left her in 1959. J.A.V. It is 80 years since one of the first major sea battles of the Second World War - the Battle of the River Plate.It took place in the Atlantic Ocean, when a group of British Navy warships chased the German pocket battleship Graf Spee into a harbour in South America, before the German crew sank their own ship to stop it being captured.We spoke to 101-year-old Victor Burgess, one of the few remaining WW2 veterans, who was aboard HMS Cumberland.He was interviewed by historian and author Gary Bridson-Daley, who has carried out more than 100 interviews with Second World War veterans as part of a project called 'By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. Somewhere I think I have some pictures he took while on board, if I can find them I will try to post them. That film was Battle of the River Plate everywhere but the USA.Could be Naples, it's NOT Trieste, as far as I can see it's not La Spezia or Genoa either. The Kent class heavy cruiser Cumberland was one of the only two ships of Force G involved in the hunt for the Graf Spee to actually star in the Movie ' Battle of the River Plate' the other ship being the INS Delhi - the Achillies after being sold off in 1948. As for the 6 inch,when they fired All the rubbish left by the dockyard maties came tumbling down from the bulkheads. I am trying to locate photo's and information on this ship from around to time of WW2 as my grandfather served on this ship. In 1926, HMS Cumberland was the subject of a … I'm new to these boards. This is Cumberland entering Malta harbour.My dad was on the Cumberland at the time of the Graf Spee incident. Mechanical perfection with two water cooled barrels each able to fire 20 rounds per minute, but of course it arrived in service just before the missile age changed naval warfare.The County class cruisers were a great class and served the navy well. My friends and I spent hours fighting naval battles on our front door step.The County class cruisers were a great class and served the navy well.
As for the Carrier I'd go for Eagle.Post #3 definitely shows her entering Naples - Molo Angioino is the jetty astern of the carrier, with Castel Nuovo behind it and Certosa di San Martino on the hill behind that. This is Cumberland entering Malta harbour.Hi everyone. ... HMS NORFOLK went to work up in Malta during October 1945 prior to joining 5th ... Placed on the Disposal List and this cruiser was sold to BISCO on 3rd January 1950 for demolition by Cashmore at Newport, South Wales.
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His name was Jim Lowry from County Down N. Ireland.Hello ! The only reason I can think of the reason that my deceased Dad had it was that his brother was in the Royal Navy and may have been on it during the war. His name was Jack Izzard, Royal MarinesLancastrian has it right, it is`nt Malta, could be one or two places such as the navy base in Italy, Torronto or probably Greece, still a nice picture of the old girl, any idea what the carrier is in the back ground.The Cumberland was still in commission when "The Pursuit of the Graff Spee" was filmed and put in a dramatic appearance in the movie, just as she did during the actual event in 1939. Those guns were spot on,during firing I worked in the magazine easy sending them up,but after the boffins finished,it was a multi task to send the unfired shells back down below. H.M.S. My grandad was on Cumberland during the Graf Spee incident. of the HMS Cumberland Association. HMS Cumberland finally paid off in 1958, arriving at Cashmore's, Newport, on 3 November 1958 for scrapping. Crew List (Photographs) Search For A Name. I recently met a man who lives locally to me who is (President?) HMS Cumberland was ordered to proceed there and HMS Ajax was ordered to leave the Falklands and take up her place in the Rio de Janeiro area. I have just come accross an original photo of the Cumberland taken in Feb. 1948. This turret was fitted in the Tiger class cruisers.
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