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1993 HMS Vanguard SSBN 05 Commissioning Booklet - Slick Color Photographs

$ 10.56

Availability: 100 in stock
  • California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1992-2001
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Condition: VERY GOOD with typical corner bumps and typical light edge wear.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 60 Days

    Description

    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).