World's Most Modern Carrier (1958)
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- Full title reads: "Portsmouth. World's Most Modern Carrier".
Portsmouth, Hampshire. HMS Victorious is rebuilt as a modern Aircraft Carrier.
GV British Royal Navy Aircraft carrier HMS Victorious in dock at Portsmouth.
Angle shot Pan along Victorious and round underneath bows to the other side.
SV Nameplate reading "Victorious".
LV Flight deck and in the background to the left the control island.
SV Control island and radar blimp.
LV Interior shot showing the main hangar.
SV Battle honours board. SV Captain CP Coke, DSO.
GV Looking through bridge windows to deck below.
LV Mirror landing equipment being operated by officer. CU Mirror landing equipment.
LV Radar mast. Angle shot of same.
GV HMS Victorious.
(Neg.) (Title Scene H)
FILM ID:1515.05
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I was a shipfitter apprentice at the time and was part of a three man team to recondition HMS Victorious' 50 ton rudder, a big job and carried out under very difficult circumstances. After that I worked as part of a two man team and we installed miles of one inch rod with universal joints throughout the ship so that the bridge telegraphs would repeat in the engine rooms, boiler rooms, machinery control room and the aft steering platform, not only did they repeat from the bridge but any station could take control and act as the command centre if needs be, so it all had to be precision engineered.
Some days we'd go to where we had been the day before and find that the rods had been disconnected and a brand new air trunking was where our control rods had been - nothing for it but to re-route around it. Sometimes stuff we had installed previously would mysteriously not work so we had to trace through it all and then find that some sailor had hung his washing on it and it had jammed as it rotated.
I remember it all so clearly.
Old ships
So it should be ground the crabs 🦀...more naval aviation...cheaper than RAF hotel bills and a far better run ashore