Rear Admiral Fairbairn, RN, Flag-Officer-In-Charge Milford Haven arrives by motor launch to inspect HMCS TRENTONIAN on 27 October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK193)
Rear-Admiral Fairbairn, RN FOIC Milford Haven
Rear Admiral Fairbairn, Flag-Officer-In-Charge Milford Haven arrives by motor launch to inspect HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. Roger Litwiller Collection, Allen B. Singleton, RCNVR photo, courtesy Bruce Keir, RCNVR. (RTL-BK189)
PIPE THE SIDE -Admirals Arriving
Rear-Admiral Fairbain, RN (FOIC) Milford Haven arrives to inspect HMCS TRENTONIAN in October 1944. The navy, stooped in traditions has a ceremony when receiving an Admiral aboard. The side is piped, orders called out and the ship’s officers stand ready. With all the ceremony the Admiral still has to climb the rope ladder up TRENTONIAN’s […]