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Old 01-11-2019, 01:12 PM
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Herky - As I am sure you know there are so many good naval museums and sights in the UK - Chatham and Portsmouth are also great as well for visits

Here is a shot of HMS Cavalier I took at Chatham more recently - where she now lives. They have a fine museum there as well and also a huge ropeworks, more dockyard engines, some aircraft, vehicles etc. Well worth a visit.

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For those interested HMS Cavalier, was a "C" Class Destroyer, D73, commission in 1944. She had a long life, mainly in the Far East and was only decommissioned in 1974. Obviously, over that time, she underwent several refits.

It says a lot for the quality of the shipbuilding that she served actively for 30 years!

In 2011 they decided to fire her guns again for an event - they worked fine.
yes chatham is a goldmine for military buffs,victories birthday pale .plus ring of napoleonic forts and also royal engineers museaum with great display on the background of ZULU movie as Chard in the movie was royal engineers.also many ww2 aerodromes close from battle of britain days
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