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Philip Warren was born in Dorset, England, and was a director of a stationery wholesale company before his retirement. [3] He started building models of naval boats at the age of 17 due to a fascination with ships. [4]
The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill [5] in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat, pointed bill. They are a popular sport fish of the billfish category, though elusive.
The Fairey Swordfish was a biplane torpedo bomber, designed by the Fairey Aviation Company.Originating in the early 1930s, the Swordfish, nicknamed "Stringbag", was principally operated by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
HMS Swordfish (61S) was a first-batch S-class submarine built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Commissioned in 1932, she was given the pennant number 61S and was assigned to the 2nd Submarine Flotilla.
The Fairey Albacore is a single-engine biplane torpedo bomber designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Fairey Aviation.It was primarily operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) during the Second World War.
810 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm carrier based squadron formed on 3 April 1933 with the amalgamation of the 12 Blackburn Dart aircraft from 463 and 44 Flight (Fleet Torpedo) Flights Royal Air Force to the Fleet Air Arm.
Trumpeter is a Chinese company that manufactures plastic injection moulded scale model kits.Their product line consists of model ships, aircraft, cars and military ground vehicles.
The Nairana-class escort carrier (/ n aɪ ˈ r ɑː n ə /) was a British-built class of three escort carriers.They were constructed one each in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to the same basic design during the Second World War for service with the Royal Navy.