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This page is dedicated to guest contributors who have pictures and comment that they wish to share. My thanks to John Crowley for the photographs showing images gathered whilst working on a US radar station at Ascension Island
JOHN CROWLEY
HMS Hermes and HMS Glasgow at Ascension Island, April 1982. There are Wessex helicopters shuttling supplies from Wideawake Air Field to Hermes. These were two of the first ships to show up.
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HMS Coventry arrives at Ascension Is.
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HMS Glamorgan
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Nimrod Anti submarine Aircraft on Wideawake Field
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HMS Invincible
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HMS Hermes of Ascension Island
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Belfast Heavy Lift Aircraft and Victor Tankers
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VC 10 Leaving Ascension Is.
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Victor K.10's on Ascension Is.
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Another Victor k.10
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HMS Galahad, Tristram and either Fort Grange or Fort Austin
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The Great White Whale at Ascension
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The Great White Whale at Ascension
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HMS Sir Galahad and Atlantic Conveyor
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HMS Sir Tristram & Fearless
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HMS Sir Galahad and Lowestoft
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HMS Sir Galahad receiving cargo off Georgetown, Ascension Island, April 1982
In one of the pictures I believe you can see something covered by canvas in the foreground. This is a MK 21 ships gun director telescope we had in back of the radar I worked at. I identified all ships that came within range by number and used a copy of Jane’s All The Worlds Fighting Ships to confirm identity.