Unless stated otherwise all photos are from the album of C.P.O. Sick Berth Attendant Richard Webb,

reproduced with the kind permission of his widow Mrs. Margaret Webb

 

 

 

 


Commissioning and convoy duties


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peekskill Camp. New York - members of the advance party await transport to San Francisco

the men in the photo are all members of the Sick Berth staff

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

4 views of HMS Striker in San Francisco Bay

 

The Medical personnel of HMS Striker

 


Some of 'life on Striker'


 

Junior rates dinning hall - 'Up Spirits' the 'Rum Bosun' calls

 

 

          Above & Below: three views of the Sick Berth facilities on board Striker - the infirmary, the operating theatre and the Sick Berth office.

 

The Petty Officers of HMS Striker's Ships Company

 


Flying operations and incidents


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

 


Governor General of Gibraltar Visits Striker


 

 

 

 

 


Russian Convoys


          

The USSR Arkhangelsk (ex. RN Battleship HMS Royal Sovereign) at Murmansk, Northern Russia

 

Russian sailors watch the concert held in the hanger on H.M.S. Striker whilst at Murmansk, Northern Russia

awaiting a return convoy

 

 


Between Convoys - maintenance and inspect ship


 

 

    

 

HM King George VI Visits Striker


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Striker's crew line the flight deck as the Fleet Carrier HMS Victorious passing carry the King

 

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