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 HMS ATHELING officers and men

The commanding officer Captain R.I. Agnew RCN with two ofthe ships officers.

Some of the ships officers having drinks with Captain Agnew

Guests are entertained to dinner in the wardroom aboard HMS ATHELING

A groups of crew members pose on the flight deck, these are mostly senior rates and includes two man from the RAF. Stoker Charles Kelly is thrid from right, front row. Photo: Courtesy Charles Kelly

 Captain Agnew  and the ships chaplain preside over a burial at sea. Photo: Courtesy Charles Kelly

This probably the ceremony for Sub Lt (A) RT Bisman RNZNVR and Sub Lt (A) JD Chittenden RNZNVR, who were both killed in a deck crash on Thursday, 29th June 1944; three other enlisted men were also killed in the incident, they were lost overboard when Sub Lt. Chittenden’s Seafire broke through the barrier and went over the side taking a parked aircraft with it, killing Sub Lt Bisman and three maintenance personnel working in the aircraft park forward of the barrier were lost at sea, their bodies were never recovered.

Recreation

HMS ATHELING's own band the "ATHELING GREMLINS"

Above & below: Sports day

Operations in the Indian Ocean

A Barracuda taking off - British aircraft could not use the ship's accelerator (catapult).

Wildcats operating from ATHELING in 1944