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H.M.S. SUPERB (CRUISER) ASSOCIATION
ALL (OR NEARLY ALL) YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT THE BRITISH NAVY SHIPS NAMED "SUPERB"
Site updated on
3 December, 2024
STAN TOWNSEND'S PHOTOS
Stan (left) with Maurice Cockman
Stan joined the Superb in 1954 as a Boy Seaman
 |  Tel . Sig Ken Bartlett Dave Bridger Tel and Sig Pete Summers CALLAO JAN 55 |
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 Signalmen Dave Bridger, Ken Bartlett, Pete Summers and Frank Sparham |  Signalmen Pops Mower, George Salmon, Frank Sparham and Shiner Wright |
 Stoker Pete Reed. Signalmen Frank Sparham, Ken Bartlett and of course George Salmon. |  Townies, Stoker Pete Reed (Read ) Seaman Paul Dyer Signalman Dave Bridger |
BRIAN HILL'S PHOTOS
Brian served on the Superb during this cruise and later on HMS Lagos
Posted on
22 Feb 2020
NEWSPAPER SHOW REVIEW
Posted on
22 Feb 2020
Sods Opera "WE AIN'T SULKIN' was performed throughout this cruise
MARTIN (JEKYLL) HYDE'S PHOTOS
Martin, a keen hockey player, was also at HMS Ganges, Rodney division. He was there in March 1953 until April 1954. He served on Indefatigable, Pembroke, Vernon, Chelsham and Hardy before leaving the service in April 1959. He also was a member of the HMS Ganges Association.
Thanks to Martin's wife, Anne, we now have these valuable photos of what life was like in the Andrew in the 1950s
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 Left to Right A.B. Brian Keeler Chilean Sailor A.B. Martin (Jekyll) Hyde |  |  |
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 This photo was taken by Walter Edwin Frost a photographer working for the Vancouver Sun Newspaper on 4th August, 1955 |  |  Left to right from the top 1 A.B. Martin (Jekyll) Hyde 2 Lt. Cdr. Paterson 3 Boy Pitcher 4 C.P.O. Paterson 5 Lt. Filmer (Umpire) 6 Lt. Cdr. Gillespie 7 O.D. Malet-Warden 8 Commodore D.H. Connell-Fuller 9 Surgeon Lt. Haughton (Capt.) 10 A.B. Long 11 Elect. Greene 12 Sub-Lt. Goodenough 13 C.P.O. Bamblett |
 200,000 Seattle citizens watched this parade according to local newspaper reports. The Royal Marine Band proudly lead a contingent of crew from the Superb. The British unit covered nearly half a block in the city centre. |  |  |
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Posted on
1 July, 2020
If you click on one of the photos you can see some more information
SHIP'S COMPANY 1954
Posted on
31 Aug
2021
JOHN HOLYER'S PHOTOS
You can enlarge the photos by clicking on the appropriate one
These photos and documents were purchased at a car boot sale in March 2022 by a keen amateur historian Tracey Taylor who is eager to find out more about John and perhaps return the documents to John's family.
FRED GRUNDY'S PHOTOS
Posted on
9 August,
2022
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PETER PYNE'S PHOTOS
Len Baker Front row 2nd from right, Peter Pyne directly behind
Posted on
21 August,
2022
Peter served on the 1954 AWI cruise where, in Chile, he met his future wife. Peter also stayed on board for the 1956 - 57 Africa Cruise cruise. His daughter, Angela, writes:
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The main photo is of the wedding to my mother, although I believe his best man (pictured beside him) was his navy buddy but we have no name for him.
My dad met my mother in the week the HMS Superb docked in Valparaiso on 7 February 1955 and they wrote to each other for 2 years and she came over to England and remembers being very well looked after on the ship over. They married on 3 August 1957 and had 7 children (3 boys and 4 girls).
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