Taken in Loch Long, near the torpedo testing range at Arrochar. Probably on her shakedown cruise, or crew training.
A mine-laying submarine, she was the last British sub lost in WW II, sunk with all hands in the Malacca Straits early in 1945.
Loch Broom - ex City of London (Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company) - purchased by MacBrayne's in 1931.
At Tobermory, 1933.
Taken by my father while on holiday in the area.
RFA RELIANT[1] at anchor with the fleet off Yugoslavia in August 1933. Lots of C class cruisers and interwar destroyers as a backdrop. What a wonderful period to have been serving in.
Taken from a photo postcard of the period. What a shame that tradition has died out.
REX
B 1932 Soc. Anon. Ansaldo, Sestri Ponente. T 51,062g, 30,623n.
D 879.9/268.19011. 833.9/254.17 x 97/29.57 x 30.7/9.36.
E Quad scr, 12 stm turb, srg, 22,082 nhp, 12 wtb, 384 psi. xx kts. By builder at
Samprierdarena H Steel. 5 + part 5,6 & 7 dks. P 978 1st, 410 toOOst, 866 3rd.
1930 Apr 27: K