Rosyth 1939-45: Naval vessels, personalities and happenings in the area

Brown covered ledger 10” x 15” containing 145 photographs glued in, marked D.190 on front cover. Index handwritten on the first page. The next 26 pages, alphabetically tagged, are blank. The following page is numbered 1 on the reverse. The photos are of good quality.

Ships include:
HMS ‘King George V’ (1939)
HMS ‘Dido’ (1939)
HMS ‘Queen Elizabeth’(1913)
HMS ‘Prince of Wales’
HMS ‘L26’ (1919)
HMS ‘Cochrane’ (1903)
HMS ‘Rockall’ (1930)
HM MASB 35 (1941)
HMS ‘Thunderbolt’ (1938)
HMS ‘Implacable’ (1942)

Digest of names and items from captions in the note

HM Dockyard Rosyth, taken by HMS Merlin, 1.9.44.

The visit of HM King George VI, during the period January to March 1941
Queen Elizabeth, HRH Princess Royal, Capt. Leach HM The King, C-in-C (Vice Adm. Sir Charles Ramsay) Page 6.
The Lord Privy Seal, Act. Supt.
Comdr. Sturges, Ass. C&D; Mr. Sutcliffe, C. Cons.; Eng. Capt. Hall Patch, MED; Mr. Dawson, SEE; Mr Moreton, SCte; Mr Swindells, SMSO; Comdr. Sims, TEO; Mr Macathu, Cons; Mr. Watson, Cons.
Col. Reitz, High Comm. of South Africa
Mr. Hudson.
Admiral Supt. Vice Adm. Colin Cartlie, CB, DSC
Archbishop of St. Andrews & Edinburgh, Lt. Cdr. Dusting, Capt. Benson, the Archbishop’s Chaplain, Eng. Cdr. Collins.
Archdeacon Crick
Miss Evelyn Laye, Miss Beatrice Lillie
Lord Elgin, Capt. Brodie.
Polish submarine ‘Sokol’
RN airstation “Crail”. Two Swordfish aircraft with torpedoes.
TEO Cdr. Latham
Ms. Haswell Miller finishing panels of frieze depicting naval history in RN&RM canteen
Ad. Benson
HMS Curacoa
Mr Hutchinson signing his painting of the Battle of Camperdown
Mr. Tom Purves & Mr Alex. Proudfoot
Barnacle Bill & Popeye statues
Mr. Meddle, Cdr. Keeling, Mr Dunlop Henderson, Mr Tom Purves, Mr. taylor Thomson, Mr Dickson, Cdr. Benson, Mr Alex. Proudfoot.
Miss Joan Wakeham
Miss Iris Purvis
Ad.. Sir Wilhaham Ford K.C.B.
Surg. Lt. Hobbs & 3rd(?) Off W.R.N.S. Cynthia Discomle
Lt. Comdr. Reade
The Duke of Devonshire
‘Floral Queen’ (MFV 21/36, (1936)
‘Verbena’
C-in-C climbing a ladder (neg. A2824)
MFV ‘Strathblane’
Mrs. Mckee, Mr Nelson Esche, Capt. E O Broadley D.S.O.
The Lord Provost William Darling
Princes Street looking towards the Scott Monument.
Adm. Benson, Cdr. Hunter Blair & Lt. Cdr. Carruthers Mr Binning.
HMS ‘Rockall’ (114 tons, 1930, hired 7.1940)
Adm. Sir Max Horton, KCB, DSO
Hon. Mrs. R Douglas,
Lt. Edgar, Lt. Andrew, Lt. Cdr. Crouch, Lt. Bird, Mr Woodcock
Capt. W S Paterson & Cdr. Duffet
Commodore Lord Howe
Superintendent of W.R.N.S. Miss Mackenzie-Grieve
Mrs. Hesselgrave
Mr. H A I Dawson
Mr E M Chrystall, C.E.; B C Clarke, D.N.S.O.; A W Turner, D.C.; H C Pitcher, Cons.; Comd. Sturges, A.C.D.; H L Emmett, Ass. Sec.; J C Rickets, D.E.A.O,; Lt. G Bonney, M.R.; Lt. Cdr. Lanyon, A.K.H.P.1; L E Hoggan, E.E.;
Mr. E J Douglas, Cashier; Comd. Drummond (E) Ass. to E.M. for G.M.; Eng. Comd. Shulz, Ass. to E.M.; G Wakeham, A.P.O.; W.G. Futter, Sub. Div. Insp. Pol.; Comd.j Boyd, A.K.H.M.; Comd. Yeoman, P.D.O.; Capt. Sims, T.E.O.; J Jolly, V.S.O.; S Collett, Civ. Sec.
Mr W. C. Collins, E.A.O.; J.F. Swindells, S.N.S.O.; R. Moreton, S.C.E..; Eng. Capt. K.D.P. Hall Patch, M.E.D.; Capt. C.W.A.G. Hamley, C.D.; Rear Ad. Colin Cantlie, A.S.; G. Hudson, M.C.D.; H.A.L. Dawson, E.E.M.; Surg. Com. J.L. Cox, P.M.O.; E.R. Robinson, N.S.O.; T. Sutcliffe, C. Cons.
Ad. Sir John Cronyn Tovey,
Lt. Comdr. Reid, R.N.V.R., Lord Jamie Bruce; Miss Don (sic); Lady Joan Bruce; Lord Bruce; Lord Elgin; Lady Cochrane; Lady Elgin; Ad. Benson;
Miss Cochrane; Lord David Bruce; Lady Alison Bruce; Master Cochrane.
Lt. Cdr. Lanyon, A.K.H.M.; Comdr. Henderson, B.O.; Comdr. Sturges, A.C.D.; Capt. Hamley, C.D., Comdr, Yeoman, P.D.O.; Comdr. Boyd, S.O.;
Lt. Kirkaldy, W.T.O.; Wt. Eng. Collings, Eng. Off.; Lt. Comdr. Cox; Lt. Bonny, M.R.
Rear Admiral H.C. Bovell,

Object Details

ID: ALB0215
Type: Photograph album
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 254 mm x 387 mm