Dates: 1951 - 1976
The H.M.S VIDAL was a sole named survey ship, which belonged to the class of ships.
The ship had a displacement of 1940 Tons and was launched from the Chatham DY shipyard, on 31/07/1951.
She was the last surface and oceanographic survey vessel built (1951-1954) at Chatham Dockyard.
During the 1963-1965 commission she steamed 68,439 miles
The ship was sold and scrapped in June 1976 in Bruges.
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"Looking for anyone who served on board HMS VIDAL during her time in service, please contact me on 0208 673 5392"
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" I joined HMS Vidal on 5th Dec ’68 in Bahrain, had my 20th birthday on the 9th, and all my new oppo’s in the mess gave me sippers, remember talking about DUCK shooting, then waking up the following day in the transmitter room, on a camp bed, with the usual tell tale sign of a pile of ..."
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" Quoting: David Warner I joined HMS Vidal on 5th Dec ’68 in Bahrain, had my 20th birthday on the 9th, and all my new oppo’s in the mess gave me sippers, remember talking about DUCK shooting, then waking up the following day in the transmitter room, on a camp bed, with the usual tell tale sign ..."
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" Enjoyed that pub crawl too!!!! That would have been the old Ramsgate Airfield, between Pysons Road, Northwood Road, Bromstone Road, the entrance was in Coxe’s Lane, and yes I did have a flight too over Thanet around 1957/58, enjoyed that very much. I can still picture Margate Station, ..."
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" Quoting: David Warner Enjoyed that pub crawl too!!!! That would have been the old Ramsgate Airfield, between Pysons Road, Northwood Road, Bromstone Road, the entrance was in Coxe’s Lane, and yes I did have a flight too over Thanet around 1957/58, enjoyed that very much. I can still picture ..."
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