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Carry on Admiral (U.S. title: The Ship Was Loaded) is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and featuring David Tomlinson and Ronald Shiner. [1] Joan Hickson also made an appearance in this film and a few films in the Carry On series. [2]
HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy 's battleships , [ 3 ] and the only ship of her class .
The play had already been made as a live TV play by the BBC, first on 1 December 1946, with an afternoon rerun two days later, [10] and was shown twice again by the BBC in February 1948 [11] with a different cast. [9] Nigel Patrick, who plays 1st Officer Manson in the film, played the captain in the first TV version. [8]
Illustrious-class aircraft carrier [1]-WWII era HMS Victorious (R38) modernised in 1950s and in commission till 1968. Implacable-class aircraft carrier [2]-WWII era decommissioned in mid 1950s. Audacious-class aircraft carrier [3] - Served from 1951 till 1979.
The St Vincent-class was a line of three, originally four, [b] dreadnought battleships, HMS St Vincent, HMS Collingwood, and HMS Vanguard. With the exception of their more powerful 50- calibre Mk XI (305 mm) main guns and twenty 50-calibre Mk VII (102 mm) secondaries , the St Vincent class closely followed the design of the Bellerophon class .
HMS Vanguard (1869) was an Audacious-class ironclad battleship launched in 1869 and sunk in a collision with HMS Iron Duke in 1875. HMS Vanguard (1909) was a St Vincent-class battleship launched in 1909 and sunk in an explosion in 1917. HMS Vanguard (23) was a unique battleship, the only one of her class. She was launched in 1944 and broken up ...
Labour has called for assurances over Britain’s nuclear deterrent after reports that a Trident missile test failed for the second time in a row.
Scrapped at Gateshead in 1950: HMS Vandal (P64) U class Royal Navy: 17 March 1942: 23 November 1942: The submarine probably had the shortest career of any Royal Navy submarine, being lost with all 37 on-board just four days after commissioning (north of the Isle of Arran) HMS Vanguard (S28) Vanguard class Royal Navy: 3 September 1986: 4 March 1992