Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1966
I believe I took this photograph on an afternoon between 4-11 June 1966 from a HYF ferry departing from the Wanchai piers on Gloucester Road before the reclamation got going. Fairey Gannet anti-submarine aircraft are on the fore- deck rather than the Navy’s jets usually seen in that position in later images of HMS Eagle. This posting is related to https://gwulo.com/atom/35578#comment-52395<Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1951
The flag just visible on a short mast at the stern looks like a White Ensign. According to tradition the crew are starting to line the decks of the carrier for its entry into the harbour. The sailors are wearing whites and have white headgear. If it was a Royal Naval vessel that would be Summer gear, so a more accurate date would be sometime in the Summer. (Andrew S) <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1928
HMS Argus served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from the ocean liner, Conte Rosso, laid down in 1914 by William Beardmore and Company in Dalmuir, Scotland, that was under construction when the First World War began. <Read more ...>
Wikipedia says: "She sailed for the China Station on 1 January 1926 with six Fairey IIIDs aboard for anti-piracy patrols and departed for home on 14 March 1928. She arrived in May and her catapult was removed in October, ending her career as an aviation ship." <Read more ...>
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos):
1983
A full side have view of the Midway in 1983. Unfortunately I do not seem to have taken a picture that would have replicated the 1975 image <Read more ...>
