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THREE MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 464 SQUADRON RAAF PROVIDE THE AERIAL ESCORT FOR THE RETURN TO NORWAY OF CROWN PRINCE OLAF AND MEMBERS OF THE EXILED NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT, WHO HAD TRAVELLED FROM ROSYTH ABOARD HMS APOLLO AND HMS ARIADNE. THIS SHOT SHOWS THE WARSHIPS STEAMING INTO OSLO HARBOUR. THE TWO AT THE HARBOUR ENTRANCE ARE PROBABLY APOLLO AND ARIADNE; NEXT IS DEVONSHIRE; THEN AN UNKNOWN DESTROYER OR MINESWEEPER; FINALLY (CLOSEST TO CAMERA) HMS SAVAGE.
HMS DEVONSHIRE IN OSLO HARBOUR. DEVONSHIRE AND DESTROYERS PROVIDED THE ESCORT FOR HMS APOLLO AND ARIADNE, IN WHICH THE CROWN PRINCE OLAF OF NORWAY AND MEMBERS OF THE EXILED NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT HAD TR
OSLO, NORWAY, 1945-05-13. THREE MOSQUITO AIRCRAFT FROM NO. 464 SQUADRON RAAF, WHICH PROVIDED AERIAL ESCORT TO THE FLEET WHICH RETURNED CROWN PRINCE OLAF OF NORWAY, WITH MEMBERS OF THE EXILED NORWEGIAN
MINESWEEPERS IN OSLO HARBOUR. ON THE QUAY IS A PORTION OF THE CROWD WHICH TURNED OUT TO WELCOME HOME THE CROWN PRINCE OLAF OF NORWAY AND MEMBERS OF THE EXILED NORWEGIAN GOVERNMENT. THEY RETURNED FROM
Royal Navy warships HMS Doris; HMS Talbot; HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Queen in Mudros harbour. They were part of the fleet which transported Australian troops to the Gallipoli landing at Anzac Cove.
SYDNEY HARBOUR, NSW 1946-01-12. HMS (LATER HMAS) VENGEANCE, A RN ESCORT CARRIER, MOVING DOWN THE HARBOUR AFTER STEAMING FROM LABUAN WITH AUSTRALIAN LONG SERVICE PERSONNEL ABOARD. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS,
In Harbour. The battle cruiser HMS Renown in company with other warships during the Second World War. In the right background is a Queen Elizabeth class battleship. Renown was commissioned in 1916 and
