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Hello - as the Royal Navy Fleet (such as it is nowadays) is up to review in the Solent shortly - you might like to visit

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where the real Royal Navy and other allied departments were reviewed at Spithead in 1953 with the inspection of the then new Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh.
I wasn't there ( not quite ) but my brother Alan was (he's retired in living in Melbourne) - I remember the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Commentator saying (and this is in 1953 when ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ language was 'proper') - and this response by the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ person was when the whole fleet was switched on with lights etc...quote "Blimey, The whole Bloody Fleet's lit up" unquote... and that went out on the air !
There were ships and ships - ships coming out of your ears and as far as the eye could see - when we had a proper Navy.
Regards
Dave Bishop
Colaton Raleigh

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