*British, 1967, HM Submarine Repulse – Original Photograph*
Original Wire Photograph of 1970s Submarine HMS Repulse. This photograph originally formed part of the Lou Britton British Submarine Collection, which was acquired by the Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport in 2007.
Approximate Dimensions: 27.8cm x 19.3cm.
Marked on the front: “Barrow-In-Furness. 5/11/1967. There is a disparity of some £55 million in their value but the mighty Polaris nuclear submarine Repulse (background) is just as helpless on the mud as the humble rowing boat. Repulse ran aground in the Walney Channel an hour after her launch from Vickers yard on 4.11.67. Attempts to refloat her will be made today. PAP 130949-5 (Sh-G/O).”
Marked on the reverse: Daily Express Wire Photo Glasgow. 3 Nov 1967. Stuck over the text from the front of the photograph written out.
HMS Repulse (S23) was a Resolution-class ballistic missile submarine of the Royal Navy. Ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs on 8 May 1963, Repulse was laid down at the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard on 12 March 1965 and launched on 4 November 1967 by Lady Joan Zuckerman, wife of the Chief Scientific Advisor. During the launch, she briefly ran aground in the Walney Channel but was refloated at high tide without damage. Originally intended to be the third of her class, construction delays on HMS Renown led Repulse to enter service second, commissioning on 28 September 1968. She remained in service until decommissioning in 1996, the last of her class to retire.
In 1984, a BBC film crew joined Repulse on an eight-week deployment, documenting life aboard the submarine and its impact on the crew and their families. The program aired in February 1985 as part of a six-part series on the Royal Navy Submarine Service.
*Condition*
Good used condition. Some fingerprints and back text shows through. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.
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