DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 103681
HMS Vanguard (British Battleship, 1946)
Heavy seas break over the ship's bow during NATO exercise Operation
"Mainbrace", 19 September 1952. At the time, Vanguard
was making about 30 knots during a "speed run".
Photographed by Blanchette.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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