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• BRITISH AND US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CROSS OPERATING. NOVEMBER 1961, ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS, DURING EXERCISE "CROSSTIE" IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. HMS VICTORIOUS AND THE US CARRIER TICONDEROGA ALONG WITH THEIR ESCORTS TOOK PART IN THE EXERCISE, DURING WHICH BRITISH SEA VIXEN, SCIMITARS, GANNET AND WHIRLWIND AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM THE TICONDEROGA WHILE US NAVY SKYHAWK, DEMON AND SKYRAY AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM THE DECK OF THE VICTORIOUS. THE AIRCRAFT EXERCISED ARMING WITH WEAPONS OF THE OTHER NATION AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WERE DIRECTED FROM EITHER THE OPERATIONS CENTRES OF VICTORIOUS OR TICONDEROGA.

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  A Skyhawk (light attack bomber) from TICONDEROGA being catapulted from VICTORIOUS.

• BRITISH AND US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CROSS OPERATING. NOVEMBER 1961, ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS, DURING EXERCISE "CROSSTIE" IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. HMS VICTORIOUS AND THE US CARRIER TICONDEROGA ALONG WITH THEIR ESCORTS TOOK PART IN THE EXERCISE, DURING WHICH BRITISH SEA VIXEN, SCIMITARS, GANNET AND WHIRLWIND AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM THE TICONDEROGA WHILE US NAVY SKYHAWK, DEMON AND SKYRAY AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM THE DECK OF THE VICTORIOUS. THE AIRCRAFT EXERCISED ARMING WITH WEAPONS OF THE OTHER NATION AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WERE DIRECTED FROM EITHER THE OPERATIONS CENTRES OF VICTORIOUS OR TICONDEROGA.

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  A Demon (carrier based single-seater fighter) from TICONDEROGA lands on VICTORIOUS.

• SEACAT TRIALS. FEBRUARY 1961, ON BOARD THE DESTROYER HMS DECOY, IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.

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  The Royal Navy's latest close-range ship-to-air guided missile, the Seacat (formerly the Short SX-A5) is fired from the destroyer HMS DECOY during the first sea trials in the English Channel.

• CANBERRA AT MALTA FOR GUIDED MISSILE TRIALS. JUNE 1961, ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION HAL FAR, MALTA.

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  The first Canberra U Mk 10 jet plane, which will be used as a pilotless drone aircraft in the Seaslug guided missile trials from HMS GIRDLE NESS later in 1961.

• THE ROYAL NAVY GOES IN AS TRISTAN ERUPTS. OCTOBER 1961, ON THE ISLAND OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA. THE FRIGATE HMS LEOPARD SENT A LANDING PARTY TO THE ISLAND AFTER A VOLCANIC ERUPTION HAD FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THE ISLANDERS.

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  Part of the landing party from the frigate HMS LEOPARD ashore at Tristan da Cunha with the smouldered volcano in the background.

• THE FIRST ROYAL MARINE HELICOPTER PILOT. OCTOBER 1961, SINGAPORE. UNDER A SCHEME TO PROVIDE THE ROYAL MARINE COMMANDOS WITH A PROPORTION OF THEIR OWN AVIATORS, 24 YEAR OLD ROYAL MARINE LIEUTENANT ROGER LEAROYD OF WATLINGTON, OXFORDSHIRE, IS THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE CORPS TO SPECIALIZE AS A HELICOPTER PILOT.

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  Lieut Learoyd, RM, at the controls of a Whirlwind helicopter during his flying training in Singapore.

• THE ROYAL NAVY GOES IN AS TRISTAN ERUPTS. OCTOBER 1961, ON THE ISLAND OF TRISTAN DA CUNHA. THE FRIGATE HMS LEOPARD SENT A LANDING PARTY TO THE ISLAND AFTER A VOLCANIC ERUPTION HAD FORCED THE EVACUATION OF THE ISLANDERS.

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  The landing party from the frigate HMS LEOPARD (in the background) landing on Tristan Da Cunha.

• BRITISH AND US AIRCRAFT CARRIERS CROSS OPERATING. NOVEMBER 1961, ON BOARD HMS VICTORIOUS, DURING EXERCISE "CROSSTIE" IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. HMS VICTORIOUS AND THE US CARRIER TICONDEROGA ALONG WITH THEIR ESCORTS TOOK PART IN THE EXERCISE, DURING WHICH BRITISH SEA VIXEN, SCIMITARS, GANNET AND WHIRLWIND AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM THE TICONDEROGA WHILE US NAVY SKYHAWK, DEMON AND SKYRAY AIRCRAFT OPERATED FROM THE DECK OF THE VICTORIOUS. THE AIRCRAFT EXERCISED ARMING WITH WEAPONS OF THE OTHER NATION AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN AIRCRAFT WERE DIRECTED FROM EITHER THE OPERATIONS CENTRES OF VICTORIOUS OR TICONDEROGA.

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  A Skyraider aircraft from USS TICONDEROGA lands on HMS VICTORIOUS.

• THE ROYAL NAVY 1945-1975

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  Wearing her paying-off pennant, HMS BELFAST enters Singapore. The cruiser was played into harbour by three bands, those of the Commander in Chief, HMS HERMES and the Gurkha Brigade. The forward end of HMS HERMES's flight deck is seen on the left.

• THE ROYAL NAVY 1945-1975

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  During Exercise Pony Express off Borneo, the RFA TIDEREACH refuelling three ships simultaneously, the frigate HMS YARMOUTH (left), the New Zealand cruiser ROYALIST (right) and, in rear, HMS BELFAST.