HMS Whimbrel
The Last of the Black Swans
Images taken by the late Richard Wilson
Park who served on HMS Vidette (41-42) and then in HMS Whimbrel 43-45.
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are not in any order but include both ships and also images of Ark Royal sinking
off Gibraltar
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 Vidette & Whimbrel |
 Whimbrel |
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 Unknown vessel, NOT Ark Royal |
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| THe following 4 images are of Ark Royal sinking
off Gibraltar November 1941, The Swordfish on board took part in the Sinking of the Bismarck. Torpedoed by the U81. The Ark was a Birkenhead ship built at Cammel Laird. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(91) |
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Whimbrel |
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| Apparently the ship's cat HMS Duke of York |
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| Prime Minister Winston Churchill |
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| Captain Lt Comdr J Moore RNR |