Description
Object description
Copy negatives created from material lent to the museum. Material relates to the career of Rear Admiral Sir David Scott.
Specific subject matter includes: Officers of HMS EREBUS 1938; HMS EREBUS; Cadet Scott in 1938; Cadet training ship HMS VINDICTIVE at Barbados; cadets landing on 'Beef Island'; scenes aboard HMS VINDICTIVE including repainting of ship, guest night in the mess, cinema night, cadet's sea boat; Sub Lieutenants course, June 1941; Ship's company, engineers and gun crew HMS SERAPH of which Scott was First Lieutenant; Scott undertaking Commanding Officer Qualifaction Course; HMS UMBRA (Scott was CO) flying flag of Rear Admiral Submarines and arriving at Portsmouth 1945; HMS VULPINE as seen from the air in 1945; HMS ORWELL at Cork 1946; Officers of HMS ORWELL dining with Eire's Southern Command; the mining of HMS SAUMAREZ and VOLAGE in Corfu and returning to Malta 1946 (Scott was CO of Volage). Visit by the Civil Lord to HMS VOLAGE 1946; Admiral Brind and Admiral Boyd in Singapore January 1949; Lt (later Lt Cdr) Scott as Flag Lieutenant to Brind; Lt Scott and Admiral Brind leaving HMS LONDON at Singapore, inspecting Seaforth Highlander guard of honour. Admiral Brind and Lt Scott at Sandakan, Malaysia 1949. Aboard HMS TRIUMPH undergoing operations with USS BOXER in March 1950 prior to combat operations against North Korea. Visit of Vice President of the Phillippines aboard HMS ALERT circa March 1950, Admiralty House Singapore 1949, Admiral Brind's staff at Singapore circa 1950, scenes of Hiroshima; Admiral Brinds retirement from post as C in C Far East Station; Scott's service as CO of HMS GATESHEAD, CO of submarine HMS ANDREW.
Content description
Officers of HMS EREBUS 1938; HMS EREBUS; Cadet Scott in 1938; Cadet training ship HMS VINDICTIVE at Barbados; cadets landing on 'Beef Island'; scenes aboard HMS VINDICTIVE including repainting of ship, guest night in the mess, cinema night, cadet's sea boat; Sub Lieutenants course, June 1941; Ship's company, engineers and gun crew HMS SERAPH of which Scott was First Lieutenant; Scott undertaking Commanding Officer Qualifaction Course; HMS UMBRA (Scott was CO) flying flag of Rear Admiral Submarines and arriving at Portsmouth 1945; HMS VULPINE as seen from the air in 1945; HMS ORWELL at Cork 1946; Officers of HMS ORWELL dining with Eire's Southern Command; the mining of HMS SUAMAREZ and VOLAGE in Corfu and returning to Malta 1946 (Scott was CO of Volage). Visit by the Civil Lord to HMS VOLAGE 1946; Admiral Brind and Admiral Boyd in Singapore January 1949; Lt (later Lt Cdr) Scott as Flag Lieutenant to Brind; Lt Scott and Admiral Brind leaving HMS LONDON at Singapore, inspecting Seaforth Highlander guard of honour. Admiral Brind and Lt Scott at Sandakan, Malaysia 1949. Aboard HMS TRIUMPH undergoing operations with USS BOXER in March 1950 prior to combat operations against North Korea. Visit of Vice President of the Phillippines aboard HMS ALERT circa March 1950, Admiralty House Singapore 1949, Admiral Brind's staff at Singapore circa 1950, scenes of Hiroshima; Admiral Brinds retirement from post as C in C Far East Station; Scott's service as CO of HMS GATESHEAD, CO of submarine HMS ANDREW.