Postcard Set 24 (Ivan Berryman)
PS24. Postcard Set 24 (Ivan Berryman) Set of 7 postcards, including : HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the 1930s, HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole - Gibraltar, HMS Ocean, HMS Fearless, HMS Eagle and HMS Albion, NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq, HMS Bulwark at Hong Kong. Each postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Items in this pack : Item #1 - Click to view individual item P1223. HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman. HMS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967. Gathered on Eagles flightdeck are an assortment of contemporary types including Sea Vixens, Scimitars, a Buccaneer and a Fairey Gannet. One of Albions Westland Wessex helicopters is passing overhead and RFA Stromness is at anchor in the distance. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #2 - Click to view individual item P1053. HMS Bulwark at Hong Kong by Ivan Berryman. Shown here flying of Wessex HU MK5s of No. 846 Squadron A veteran of the Suez crisis during which time she operated of Grumman Avengers and sea hawks, HMS Bulwark was reduced to training status during 1957. but re emerged as a Commando carrier. Further modifications in late 1970 saw her refitted as a full ASW carrier in which guise she served until the introduction in 1980 of HMS Invincible. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #3 - Click to view individual item P1120. HMS Ark Royal and HMS Sheffield off the Mole - Gibraltar by Ivan Berryman. Having played a vital part in the battle for the Mediterranean for over two years, HMS Ark Royal finally succumbed to a U-Boats torpedo in November 1941. She is shown here with a pair of Swordfish Mk1s of 821 Sqn ranged on the deck, passing the cruiser HMS Sheffield off the Mole, Gibraltar, earlier that same year. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 20cm)
Item #4 - Click to view individual item P1245. NTG03 - Task Force to Iraq by Ivan Berryman. Key ships of the British task Force sail in close formation in the Mediterranean Sea during the build-up to the coalition liberation of Iraq in march 2003. Ships pictured left to right, include ATS Argus (A135), a Type 42 destroyer in the extreme distance, the flagship HMS ark Royal (RO7), RFA Orangeleaf (A110), LSL Sir Percival (L3036), the Commando and helicopter carrier HMS ocean (L12) and the Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool (D92) Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #5 - Click to view individual item P1224. HMS Fearless by Ivan Berryman. Ships of the South Atlantic Task Force gather in San Carlos water during the Falklands Campaign of 1982. LCMs from HMS Fearless (L10) manoeuvre around their mother ship, with the logistic Ship RFA Sir Galahad (L3005) and the frigate HMS Argonaut (F56) in close attendance. Postcard Size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #6 - Click to view individual item P1017. HMS Ocean by Ivan Berryman. HMS Ocean is the sixth ship to bear this famous name and is ably equipped with 12 Sea King HC Mk4s, 4 Landing Craft, 2 Griffon Hovercraft, plus enough equipment necessary to provide support for a Commando battlaion of over 800 Royal Marines. She is depicted here in company with HMS Chatham, flying off Royal Marines from 42 Commando during operations off Sierra Leone. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
Item #7 - Click to view individual item P1003. HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the 1930s by Ivan Berryman. The Battle ship HMS Barham in company with the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle between the two World Wars. Both fell victim to German U-Boats during World War Two. Postcard Postcard size 6 inches x 4 inches (15cm x 10cm)
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