1993 HMS Vanguard SSBN 05 Commissioning Booklet - Slick Color Photographs

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Always Originals - Never Reproductions
This is the original 1993 commissioning booklet for the HMS VANGUARD SSBN 05 of the Royal Navy.  I received this booklet from the Vanguard as I was the US Navy's Telemetry Officer for the Vanguard's first Trident Missile launch (I was aboard the submarine for the launch).
The official title of the booklet is:
To Commemorate The Commissioning Of HMS Vanguard 14th August 1993
The booklet measures 11 5/8" x 8 3/8" and has soft covers.  52 pages counted fronts and backs including the covers.
Full of photographs - several of Princess Diana who was the ship's sponsor (she named the ship and commissioned her).
Sections of the booklet are:
Diana's letter with photo
Into Her Majesty's Service
Ships of the Name (Vanguard)
Vanguard 1993
Vanguard's Birthplace
We Lead
I Name This Ship
Sea Trials - a major technical success
Sea Trials - a most rewarding and enjoyable experience
Standing by at Barrow
It's not all hard work
All Change at VSEL
The 21st Century Shipbuilder
On Her Majesty's Service VSEL (Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering)
Commanding Officer HMS Vanguard (Port) Commander D J Russell Royal Navy
Commanding Officer HMS Vanguard (Stbd) Commander J A Boyd Royal Navy
Ship's Company (Port Crew) with thumbnail photos of each member and name list
Ship's Company (Starboard Crew) with thumbnail photos of each member and name list
Neptune's Trident
The Ultimate Peacekeepers (Vanguard and Resolution)
Acknowledgements (on back cover)
Published by VSEL Commercial Publications
Shipped by USPS Media Mail in the United States and by First Class International Mail to the UK (I will ship this item to the UK but to no other overseas destinations).