Brilliant videos. It brings back so many memories. Joining in Pompey and living in Victory Barracks during the refit. Sea trials and a stop off in Gib. Then off for two years as the Old Grey Ghost of the Borneo Coast. Then through the Suez Canal with the first jolly in Aden followed by Mombasa and Gan before arriving in Singa’s. Highlight of the commission being the trip to Kobe in Japan which I missed because I was in BMH with Malaria. Terrific bunch of lads, Daisy Adams as the skipper followed by Basil Charles Godfrey Place, VC.. joined as a lad and left as a man. What I would give to repeat even at this age. God Bless you Albion and all of those great me that sailed in you. John Lancaster (Sparker 5c mess just off the focsle next to the Chinese Boggs shop.
@bobfreestone1752
7 жыл бұрын
Thankyou for this footage - I was on board as part of 848 Sqdn late 66 to June 68. Nigeria, Durban, Aden (for six months), Singers and HK . Still bear the sun tan !
@timothykelly7974
Жыл бұрын
I was in Singapore 71 on the Jaguar. We were one of the last to leave and a sad sight it was, seeing the fleet leaving. Was it 42 commando whose plan to blow up the toilet block in Bugis street was foiled. End of an era and still think of the great times we had out the FES.
@Super8Rescue
2 жыл бұрын
great video, thanks for sharing it
@Ponieslad
11 жыл бұрын
HI thanks for the video....My father was on this tour. Among his duties he was the Quatermasters mess man well known for shouting brown for Archie in the galley.
@OldDunollieman
4 жыл бұрын
I was on her going from Singapore to Kuching in the early 60's with 1SG. Great scoff.
@gerrymullan6705
9 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, loved the 'fixed wing' operations.
@Impitent
11 жыл бұрын
De Havilland Canada Beaver, used by the British Army at the time.
@stormwell
11 жыл бұрын
Cheers.
@stormwell
12 жыл бұрын
Whats that STOL aircraft round 5 minutes in? It looks like a Scottish Aviation Pioneer but with thinner wings.
@sss-og1yl
Жыл бұрын
no, it's DHC Beaver. It's good, but Pioneer was real STOL while Beaver is usual utility plane
@rivco5008
8 жыл бұрын
Was this the carrier that Navy officers inspected in 1982 as possibly being reactivated for the Falklands War? I don't know for sure that any such inspection even took place but it was something I heard from a guy who'd read quite a bit about the 1982 war.
@stormwell
8 жыл бұрын
Believe that was actually Bulwark which had been decommissioned couple of years earlier following two fires onboard, light repairs were made after the first fire and she wasn't maintained as well as she should've been.
@michaelbrant1668
6 жыл бұрын
stormwell correct, it was bulwark, deemed to be “unseaworthy” at the time, we had a lot of luck with the falklands otherwise.
@stevenbevis9290
2 жыл бұрын
No it was her sister Bulwark considered for reactivating . ALBION was scrapped in 73
@stevenbevis9290
2 жыл бұрын
Albion was scrapped in 73 . Sister Bulwark inspected for possible reactivation .
@laurencehirst7814
6 жыл бұрын
I cannot understand why most R.N. film, video, and photography was of such poor quality? They did gave a photography branch in the R.N. but many of them didn't appear to be very good at it, judging by what they produced!..So, i checked it out to discover why! Answer? Really crap camera's, some still camera's dating back to WW1..Movie camera's with tiny lenses and no resolving power which always made things appear fuzzy and mostly 8mm..No bloody wonder!
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