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Photograph Royal Navy. HMS "Bellona" Cruiser. WW11. New Zealand. Fine! 1950

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Seller: 24jcab ✉️ (9,169) 100%, Location: London, GB, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 166629564673 Photograph Royal Navy. HMS "Bellona" Cruiser. WW11. New Zealand. Fine! 1950.

Photograph Royal Navy. HMS "Bellona" Light Cruiser. Served in WW11. Loaned to New Zealand Navy. Fine condition! 1950

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This fine  photograph is from a Superb World Class Naval Collection of Postcards and Photographs that recently came on the market. The original Owner/Collector spent decades assembling this collection and he was intimately involved in this area of expertise in the UK. Many of these images are rare or never been on the market for decades!

Highly knowledgeable, meticulous and clearly attached to his work he could even identify the time and place where these images were taken!

Even if there are multiple photographs of individual ships each is different whether taken from the bow, stern, starboard or port side!  A Truly remarkable collection!

Description

 HMS "Bellona"   was the name ship of her sub-class of   light cruisers   for the   Royal Navy . She was the first of the fourth group of   Dido -class   cruisers. Built to a modified design ("Improved Dido") with only four twin 5.25-inch turrets, but with remote power control for quicker elevation and training, combined with improved handling and storage of the ammunition. The light AA was improved over earlier   Dido   cruisers, with six twin 20mm Oerlikons and three quadruple 40mm "pom pom".

Entering service in late 1943, the cruiser operated during World War II  as an escort for the Arctic convoys , and as a jamming ship to prevent the use of radio-controlled bombs and in support of the Omaha Beach  landings.

In 1946 the cruiser was loaned to the Royal New Zealand Navy . Although not involved in the 1947 Royal New Zealand Navy mutinies , at the start of the month, 140 sailors elected to not return to the ship in protest at the poor pay and working conditions and how their colleagues had been treated. Fifty-two sailors were eventually marked as deserters while the others were charged with various lesser offences.

Bellona  was returned to the Royal Navy in 1956. She did not re-enter service and was scrapped two years later.

Back:      Bellona 1950.

Condition:    Fine. Postcard sized. Fine card stock.  See high resolution scans for details.  

Shipping:      Each photograph is shipped in a hard backed envelope with "Please do not Bend" on the front. Cards will be doubled up if more than one is purchased.

                      We have scanned directly from the original photograph and the image may sometimes be less vibrant than the postcard itself.

                                      As a collector I hope you enjoy this purchase as much as I enjoy those that I collect!

  • Type: Photographs
  • Singles/ Sets: Single
  • Size: 140mm x 90mm
  • Image Colour: Black & White
  • Decade: 1950s
  • Theme: Navy Ships
  • Features: Starboard View.
  • Modified Item: No
  • Subject: Royal Navy.

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