<![CDATA[Royal Navy Research Archive]]> Commentics <![CDATA[Royal Navy Research Archive]]> 16 16 Timothy Histed Thank you for putting this together. My late father Ronald Histed was a sailor on her straight after completing his training at HMS Ganges. He joined the ship in either Belfast or the Clyde before her voyage to Durban in 1945 for a refit. During the voyage it only had one biplane (he called it a Tigermoth) on board and they received the Hellcats in Durban. He also told me about the Hellcat going over the side of the ship in Ceylon where the pilot died when it skipped the arrestor wire. Immediately afterwards, the entire squadron was put up in the air to ensure future pilot confidence. Dave Dixon’s photograph of the ship sailing from Durban in July 1945, is really good and it’s really special to know he was on her at the time.

]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:50:10 +0100 item_790 Brendan Aburn Wonderful, My late father Frank served on her as an airframe fitter and later as a petty officer. It was his only ship from the time she arrived in the UK until the very end. I had previously only seen one very grainy photo and to read her detailed service was very enlightening.

Thank you so much.

]]> Fri, 09 Jul 2021 04:52:10 +0100 item_663 Stanley Price Wed, 13 May 2020 10:21:33 +0100 item_559 Robert Boxall Fri, 03 May 2019 10:10:45 +0100 item_420 Harry Watson AB radar Went to Nova Scotia and travelled down to
Pascagoula Alabama ship yard to pick up the ship.
Delighted to find all this information Thank you
Harry Watson]]> Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:39:18 +0000 item_387 Thoams Plunkett Sun, 22 Apr 2018 14:45:14 +0100 item_340 Dave Dixon Sun, 05 Feb 2017 15:44:23 +0000 item_232