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Old 20th Nov 2012, 21:12
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Glory was in Malta at beginning of 1950. Left there 4 1 50. Brief return then left on 23 1 50 for Naples. Five day visit then left for Tripoli. Return to Malta 6 2 50.Left there 27 2 50. Manoeuvres off Malta. Put into Palmas Bay, Sardinia. Later exercised with units of French Fleet and anchored off Golfe Juan close to Cannes. By 16 3 50 at Old Port Algiers. Gibraltar on 22 3 50. Refitted there until 16 5 50. Left for Corfu arriving 14 6 50. Return to Malta. Rejoined exercise on 21 6 50. At Skiathos Island in the Aegean on 23 6 50. then Piraeus for five day visit before moving to Marmaris, Turkey. Then to Larnaca, Cyprus. On 18 7 50 rejoined the fleet and operated from Khrysokhou Bay in Anglo-Greek exercises. 21 7 50 Alexandria. 30 7 50 Malta again. In Sept. cruise to Marseilles, Tangier and Gibraltar. 1 10 50 at Malta again for two month refit. Left 8 12 50 for Gibraltar. Left there for Devonport on 12 12 50 arriving there on 15 12 50.
A few of those anchorages would fit the photo.
All the above is from the book "The Colossus- Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972" by Neil McCart.
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