HMS Antrim going past Royal Yatch Brittania in Portsmouth harbour.
We had just done five months in the Med and had played war games with the American sixth fleet and their aircraft carrier John F Kennedy. This was the trip where we went to Naples , Toulon ,Trieste,Cannes, Istambul,Gibraltar and that disaster of a crime ridden pox hole Sardinia. Remember we lost two lads from our mess to the brutal scum Carabbineri and false charges . Cem Nicholson was one I remember who got 14 years. Also remember we went Casablanca before entering the Med and that brothel /cum belly dancing place near the ships berth. ( Very reasonable prices I remember £1 for the ultimate thrill.) That big lass,ss brass jewelled bra ended up on the mess wall. |
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