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Hms Ganges.

[Order of Ceremony of] Review by Vice-Admiral A C G Madden, 7 June 1951. In Honour of the Birthday of His Majesty the King. A RARE SURVIVAL

[Privately Printed], 1951

75.90 €

Island Books

(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1951
Author
Hms Ganges.
Publishers
[Privately Printed]
Keyword
naval, royal navy, hms ganges, shotley, naval training, admiral madden, alexander madden
Languages
English

Description

8pp 8vo., printed in blue, with one full-page photograph; wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, fresh copy. HMS GANGES (1865-1976) was the Royal Navy's junior rates training establishment at Shotley in Suffolk. Vice-Admiral Alexander Gordon Cumming Madden was then Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel. During WWII he commanded BIRMINGHAM and ANSON. In 1949, as Flag Officer Far East Station, he was involved with AMETHYST and the Yangtze Incident. EXTREMELY SCARCE.
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