*British, 1963, HM Submarine Valiant (S102) – Fourteen Original Photographs*
Fourteen Original Photographs and Wire Photographs of HMS Valiant. These photographs originally formed part of the Lou Britton British Submarine Collection, which was acquired by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport in 2007.
Approximate Dimensions:
(Pictures listed in same order as they are individually displayed)
Photograph 1: 20.4cm x 25.3cm
Wire Photograph 2: 27.9cm x 21cm. Marked on front: “Manchester Collect. Pix No. Mb1 D24 H.M.S. Valiant Submarine”. Stamped on reverse: “Used 25 Apr 1967”. “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”, with Newspaper article stuck over the stamp – titled: “Topside again, the Valiant after her record-breaking trip from Singapore”.
Photograph 3: 20.9cm x 29.5cm. Stamped on the reverse: “Used 26 Apr 1967”. Written in pencil “One of the guests of honour (or visitor) who is one year old goes down hatch of Valiant (Eileen Cockwan (?))”. Newspaper clipping – “the hatch… a young visitor to the Valiant”.
Photograph 4: 30.1cm x 21.3cm. Stamped on reverse: “26 Apr 1967”, “Scottish Daily Express, Albion Street”. Handwritten “H.M.S. Valiant heads through the narrows at Gareloch”.
Wire Photograph 5: 18.2 cm x 25.7cm. Stamped on the reverse: “19 Jul 1966”. “Daily Express wire Photo Glasgow”. Stuck on the back a typed note: ” Barrow 1. Commander P. G. Herbert Captain of HMS Valiant reads the commissioning warrant.”
Photograph 6: 20.3cm x 20.6cm. Sticker on the reverse: “Copyright photograph by Vickers Shipbuilding & Engineering Ltd. Barrow-In-Furness Cumbria. Neg. No. C/120/443/15. S1841”
Wire Photograph 7: 24.7cm x 17.7cm. Typed on the front: “(Ham-1) Hamburg, June 28 (AP) – HMS “Valiant” nuclear powered British submarine this morning arrived in Hamburg Harbour for……1968″. Stamped on the reverse: “28 June 1968”. “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”.
Wire Photograph 8: 22.5cm x 17.9cm. Stamped on the reverse: “Used 3 Dec 1963” “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”. Newspaper article titled ” Atom sub Valiant launched”.
Wire Photograph 9: 12.5cm x 19.3cm. Typed on the front: “Manchester Carter Pix No. MM2-M3”. Stamped on the reverse: “4 Dec 1963”, “3 Dec 1963”, “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”, written in pen “Submarine Valiant”, written in pencil “Lady Thornycroft”.
Wire Photograph 10: 27.9cm x 17.7cm. Stamped on the reverse: “25 Apr 1967”, “26 Apr 1967” “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”, Label typed: ” GL1 HMS Valiant Docking at Faslane Today”.
Wire Photograph 11: 16.7cm x 21.4cm. Stamped on the reverse: “3 Dec 1963” “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”, Label typed: ” Note 13 to picture subs. Barrow One (Caption) Britain’s Second Nuclear Powered Submarine Valiant takes to the water at Barrow today. Ends ARN 3rd Dec 1310.”
Photograph 12: 25.4cm x 20.4cm.
Wire Photograph 13: 19.5cm x 12cm. Typed on the front: “Manchester Pix No. Carter MM3 / D/B” Stamped on the reverse: “4 Dec 1963”. Written in pen: “Submarine Valiant”.
Wire Photograph 14: 25.5cm x 20.3cm. Typed on the front: “H.M.S. Valiant (Commander Peter Herbert R.N.) shown at speed after surfacing off North West Ireland on completion of her 12,000 Mile voyage from Singapore”. Stamped on the reverse: “24 Apr 1967”, “25 Apr 1967”, “Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow”.
HMS Valiant:
The sixth and most recent HMS Valiant was the second of Britain’s nuclear-powered submarines and the first of the two-unit Valiant class.
Ordered on 31 August 1960 and laid down on 22 January 1962 at Vickers-Armstrongs in Barrow-in-Furness, Valiant was designed by combining the forward section of Dreadnought with an aft section that housed British nuclear machinery, based on the Dounreay prototype. Launched on 3 December 1963 by Lady Thorneycroft, she entered service on 18 July 1966.
Valiant set a Royal Navy record in April 1967 – sailing 12.000 miles in 25 days, while fully submerged on a return journey from Singapore to Scotland.
Valiant underwent refits in 1970, 1977, and 1989. During a 1977 deployment in the eastern Mediterranean, she suffered a saltwater pipe leak that flooded the reactor compartment. After shutting down the reactor and pumping out the seawater, the compartment was cleaned and the reactor was brought back online. In 1982, Valiant participated in the Falklands War, providing over 300 early air-warning alerts during a 101-day patrol off Argentina’s coast. She also sustained minor damage when an Argentine fighter jettisoned its bombs near the submarine on 23 May. In 1991, Valiant ran aground in the North Norwegian Sea, and in June 1994, she was retired after engine issues, being decommissioned on 12 August. Her hull and reactor remain stored at Devonport Dockyard, awaiting long-term disposal of her radioactive components. Parts were removed to help restore the Courageous for display as a museum ship.
*Condition*
Very good used condition. Some age spotting. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.
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