Words from the front…

This is a rare picture, HMS Wellesley, which caught fire in 1914

The story of HMS Worcester http://www.nickmessinger.co.uk/worcester.html ..

This is the magnificent pre dreadnaught battleship ‘Massena’ These amazing vessels, straight out of Jules Verne novel, even had a reinforced ramming prow!

What more can you say....👍🏻

The pre dreadnaught battleship Carnot, underway

So, what’s all this about? Being a Portlander, I was brought up looking out to sea, and into the harbour, at all the grey ships. Overhead, there were Wessex 5s, Whirlwinds, Sea Kings, Wasps. Sometimes a Lynx, or the odd Buccaneer or Canberra. All this gave me a lifelong interest into military machines, especially historically. Also checkout my Facebook page.. Hoisting in the Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher on board HMS Pegasus during catapult training for Fleet Air Arm pilots at Lamlash, Scotland.