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Exercise Shop Window, June 1955. (Only Part 2 - taken in HMS Centaur - documented.)
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HMS Tapir submerges and surfaces. Vessels of the 1st FPB Squadron (fast patrol boats) attack HMS Grenville and HMS Centaur; Grenville shoots anti-submarine mortar. Jackstay transfer. Flying scenes: first touch-and-go landing by Lieutenant Commander Mike Lithgow in the Supermarine N9 prototype along the angled deck. Spectators include personnel from RAF Staff College Andover, the Imperial Defence College and a group of foreign attaches.