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Offline SandraEve

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WW11 Picture
« on: Thursday 23 January 20 02:05 GMT (UK) »
Can anyone help me with this picture.  My father was on DEMS during WW11.
Many thanks

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« Reply #1 on: Thursday 23 January 20 10:14 GMT (UK) »
That looks very similar to the battleship HMS Vanguard which was launched November 1944 and so took no part in WW2.

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« Reply #2 on: Thursday 23 January 20 10:20 GMT (UK) »
Yes, certainly a warship not a Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (although that doesn't preclude him from having served on her in some other capacity).

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Re: WW11 Picture
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 23 January 20 11:45 GMT (UK) »
Do you have a Royal Navy service record for your dad? If you have, is there any chance you could post it on this board?
Would agree with Imber. Probably HMS VANGUARD. She had distinctive back sloping funnel tops.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(23)#/media/File:British_battleship_HMS_Vanguard_(23)_underway_c1947.jpg
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday 23 January 20 14:08 GMT (UK) »

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday 23 January 20 15:51 GMT (UK) »
My fathers service number is 224522. John Raymond Dodd (also known as Ray Dodd). Thank you so much
Sandra
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