The Aeroplane- Looking back 60 years."Secret Attacks on HMS Vanguard."
Published in The Aeroplane Monthly this month is an extract from The Aeroplane 60 years ago:-
"While sailing to Devonport from the Clyde, HMS Vanguard was attacked by squadrons from the RAF and Fleet Air Arm in an exercise to investigate its vulnerability, or lack thereof, from the air. Needless to say, the results of these exercises are being kept secret, whether because they were successful or not being a matter for interesting conjecture."
I know that too many years have past but the quote does make one curious what the outcome was.
Mel