|
History
of the ship as HMS Vengeance with the Royal Navy
1944-1956
Please click
here for more information.
|
|
|
|
|
History
of the ship as HMAS Vengeance with the Royal Australian Navy
1952-1955
Please click
here for more information.
 |
|
|
|
|
|
HMAS Vengeance during the Australian Royal Tour 1954
(Vengeance Association)
The Captain used a signed photograph of HM Queen Elizabeth
II, which the ship's company then reproduced the signature. A copy of this
photograph was sent to the Queen, to which she replied "A most original
forgery".
By serving in the Royal Navy, the present Royal family
have followed in the footsteps of many other royal figures into the 'Silent
Service'. Connections between the monarch and the Navy go all the way back
to Alfred the Great in the 9th Century. Today's Royal Family served on
Royal Naval aircraft carriers and knew HMS Vengeance.
Review of the Home Fleet onboard HMS Vengeance in the
Clyde by HM King George VI in July 1947, along with HRH PrincessElizabeth
with HRH Princess Margaret, HM Queen Elizabeth, and Lt Philip Mountbatten
RN (Vengeance Associaation)
HRH Prince Philip-
The Duke of Edinburgh was on active service in the Royal Navy throughout
the Second World War. The Duke's first naval appointment, aged 18, was
as a midshipman to HMS RAMILLIES. Towards the end of the Second World War
Prince Philip served in the destroyer HMS WHELP in the British Pacific
Fleet, and was present in Tokyo Bay for the Japanese surrender on 2nd September
1945.
HRH Prince Charles, the
eldest child of Queen Elizabeth II, Charles was made Prince of Wales
in 1958 and is the heir to the British throne. On September 2, 1974
The Prince joined the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton for helicopter
flying training before being assigned to 845 Naval Air Squadron as a pilot
on board the commando carrier HMS Hermes. See the Biography
of his naval career.
HRH Prince Andrew
- The Duke of York even joined the Fleet AirArm and served on the aircraft
carrier HMS Invincible in 1982 during the Falklands conflict. On 12 Sept
1979 Prince Andrew joined the Royal Navy on a short-service commission
as a seaman officer specialising as a helicopter pilot, receiving his helicopter
wings from the Duke of Edinburgh in 1981. See the Royal Insight for details
of Prince Andrew's
naval career.
Suggested links
Official Website
of the British Monachy
Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
|
