Queen of Thanet
Pages 31 – 40
This is one of a series of pages with photographs taken on, of and from HMS Queen of Thanet. The link below will take you to the introduction.
Click on a thumbnail photograph to see the full size version – you can then move backwards or forwards though the full-size set for this page, or see the photographs as a slide show by clicking the triangle at the top right. Links in the titles below the photographs are to brief details of the vessel.
HMS Queen of Thanet in dry dock, Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Queen of Thanet in dry dock, Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Queen of Thanet in dry dock, Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Forth Bridge
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 31: HMS Queen of Thanet in dry dock, Leith, June 1941; Forth Bridge
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2 pdr guns crew H Pye and J McIver
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Cocktail party in Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Miss McPherson and Doc
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Cocktail party in Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 32: 2 pdr guns crew H Pye and J McIver; Cocktail party in Leith, June 1941; Miss McPherson and Doc; Cocktail party in Leith, June 1941
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Cocktail party on HMS Queen of Thanet, Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Cocktail party on HMS Queen of Thanet, Leith, June 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Queen of Thanet Oct 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Queen of Thanet
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 33: Cocktail party on HMS Queen of Thanet, Leith, June 1941; HMS Queen of Thanet Oct 1941
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HMS Duke of York, Oct 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Duke of York, Oct 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Duke of York, North Sea, Oct 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Berwick, North Sea, Oct 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 34: HMS Duke of York, Oct 1941; HMS Berwick, North Sea, Oct 1941
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Tribal destroyer at speed, North Sea, Oct 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Christmas Dinner on HMS Queen of Thanet, 20 Dec 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Spitfire at Inchkeith, Nov 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Spitfire at Inchkeith, Nov 1941
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 35: Tribal destroyer at speed, North Sea, Oct 1941; Christmas Dinner on HMS Queen of Thanet, 20 Dec 1941; Spitfire at Inchkeith, Nov 1941
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12 pdr and crew, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Munro, Perry, Denton and Sheppeck on 12 pdr gun platform, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 36: 12 pdr and crew, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942; Munro, Perry, Denton and Sheppeck on 12 pdr gun platform, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
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HMS Queen of Thanet approaching and entering Granton Harbour, May 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
HMS Queen of Thanet approaching and entering Granton Harbour, May 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 37: HMS Queen of Thanet approaching and entering Granton Harbour, May 1942
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2 pdr and crew, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Brentnall, White, Millar, Craig K McIver and A McIver on 2 pdr gun, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 38: 2 pdr and crew, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942; Brentnall, White, Millar, Craig K McIver and A McIver on 2 pdr gun, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
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Some of the ship's company, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
The bridge, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 39: Some of the ship's company, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942; The bridge, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
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The engines, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
‘Make and mend’, HMS Queen of Thanet, May 1942
Photo courtesy Mrs J Ballantine
Page 40: The engines, HMS Queen of Thanet, April 1942; ‘Make and mend’, HMS Queen of Thanet, May 1942
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