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chatham dockyard
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Trip with HELC on the 9th June
 Arty machine tools |
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 First glimpse of Gannet |
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 HMS Cavalier |
 Bar at the Commissioner's House where we had coffee and a pastry |
 Painted ceiling |
 Galleon in the Commissioner's House |
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 Rose in a bed in front of the Commissioner's House |
 The Admiral's Walk led to this house |
 Commissioner's House |
 Love the light |
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 Merperson figureheads |
 Officers' Quarters |
 All notices enlarge enough to read. Pity about the bird's commentary |
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 Tardis |
 Outside the Brewery and inside where beer is maturing  |
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 Peckitt 1903 |
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 Rochester Castle |
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 Love the colours |
 Shadow of the fence |
 Time moves on |
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 Messaging |
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 Removing scum the slow way |
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 War Memorial |
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 HMS Ocelot |
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 Across the river
Between HMS Gannet and HMS Ocelot
HMS Cavalier |
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 HMS Gannet |
 The Gannet |
 Hellicopter |
 Mini submarine |
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 HMS Ocelot |
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 Gun |
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 Distortion of very wide angle lens - wonderful sky |
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Ropemaster |
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 Mural by Joseph Farrington in the rope making waiting room - this is a very distorted version. It must have been mostly an imaginary view of the town drawn in 1794 |
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 From right and left
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We had a good lunch in the Commissioner's House | |||||||||||||||||
 People enjoying their lunch |
 A venue for weddings |
 Laid for afternoon tea |
 Flowers in the window |
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 HMS Gannet |
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 Gannet's Wheel |
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 Gun
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 Pump |
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 Machine gun |
 Massive anchor |
 Porthole |
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 Dragonfly |
The Westland Dragonfly WG751 (1952) Helicopter was the first British built helicopter to serve in the Fleet Air Arm. It was built under licence to the USA Sikorski S51 design. Entered service in 1950 and the last one decommissioned in 1972 |
 We went on a guided tour of HMS Ocelot |
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 Torpedo inside the Ocelot |
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Escape clothing and escape 'tunnel' to the surface when area is flooded |
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 Port hatch between sections of the submarine |
 Bunks |
 Mess |
 Washroom |
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 Best Quarters |
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 Driving seat |
 Loo |
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 Captain's Bathroom |
 Galley |
 Engines that power the batteries |
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 We looked around HMS Cavalier |
 Possibly a tiger |
 Gun |
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 Orange crocodile clips |
 Operations Room |
 Captain's Cabin |
 Searchlights |
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Have you finished? |
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 The Wheel |
 Watch Station |
 Capstans |
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 Lifeboat |
 Fair-sized bathroom |
 Lifeboat |
 The ship's bell
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 Red balls (port side) & green balls (starboard side)
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 Missiles or penguins |
 Missiles |
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 Green scum again |
 Groceries & tobaco |
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 Office |
 Sick bay |
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 The wood in the following two shots comes from the ends of the supports for HMS Ocelot |
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 Did not have time to do this structure justice, another visit is necessary Easy journey home |
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