From 165 RN warships 60 years ago reduced to one single destroyer HMS Diamond in 2012 the decrease of ships in HM Royal Navy brings tears to the eyes of an old stoker like me.
For mile upon mile they stretched, their flag-bedecked ranks receding into the haze. The ships of the Royal Navy, 165 of them, drawn up at Spithead on June 26 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Victoria, for 60 years Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and her dominions beyond the seas, and, since 1876, Empress of India.
Diamond Jubilee: The Queen no longer rules the waves - Telegraph
Diamond Jubilee: A 21-Gun Salute By HMS Diamond Starts Off The Celebrations With A Bang | UK News | Sky News
For mile upon mile they stretched, their flag-bedecked ranks receding into the haze. The ships of the Royal Navy, 165 of them, drawn up at Spithead on June 26 1897 to mark the diamond jubilee of Victoria, for 60 years Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and her dominions beyond the seas, and, since 1876, Empress of India.
Diamond Jubilee: The Queen no longer rules the waves - Telegraph
Diamond Jubilee: A 21-Gun Salute By HMS Diamond Starts Off The Celebrations With A Bang | UK News | Sky News