1957 - 1958 Commission Crew Pictures

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This "HMS Opossum" commission crew transferred to "HMS Mounts Bay", some of the crews pictures show that ships name.

  
 
 

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This picture kindly supplied by Tony Powell son of the late Captain J. W.Powell  who was Captain of this Commission             

 
 

 

HMS Opossum ships bell now proudly owned and safe in private possession

  
         
   

Pictures supplied by :-

Charles (Fez) Parker
   
 

Commander J Powell.

 

  

Commissioning ceremony - June 1957.

 

 Full Crew

Engine Room Department

Engine Room Lads.

Sam Edgar, Sparky, Charles (Fez) Parker, Jan Crole.

Stoker's Mess

 'On a Banyan' - Hong Kong 1958

Chris Dyer, PO Worthington, PO Sid Jacques, Jan Crole, PO ?, PO Southern.

  "The Hermits"

Newell (The Elder), Sam Edgar, Bomber Brown, Bradsell, Jan Crole, Sparky, Tug Wilson, ? ,      Bill Newell, ?, Cheeseman, ? .

  

Fleet Regatta  1957-  'HMS Opossum' second from top.

 

Lt Cdr Hoskins & Coxswain

PO Worthington in 'Terror' pool

'Roughers' off Singapore 1957

  

HMS Opossum - Tinted 1957

 

Chief Stoker Chesterman.

 
 

Jobs for the boys - Rug Making.

  

 

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Snowy Hughes with Mounts Bay crest.
   

Pictures supplied by :-

Walter 'Brum' Lewis
   

HMS Opossum 1957 Christmas Card

HMS Opossum Football Team

  

Walter 'Brum' Lewis & Harry Brazier

Walter Lewis, WAAC, Gaffney, Taff Hughes,?, ?, Smithy

Party Time With The Gurkas

Not More Tot -Beer Instead

Spud Party

  

 

 

  

 

  

 
   

 

    

 

  

 
   

Pictures supplied by :-

Fred 'Rick' Woodhams
 

Fred 'Rick' Woodhams

George Tomlinson, Fred Woodhams

Gregory (At Terror swimming pool)

  

'Singapore Shore Patrol' ready to go ashore

 

Fred 'Rick' Woodhams - Quartermaster

Tim Hault

  

Tomlinson, Altoft, Woodhams

 

  

Altoft, O'Neil in Singapore dockyard

 

  

HMS Opossum

HMS Opossum
   

HMS Opossum

 

  

 

 

 

  

HMS Opossum leaving Simonstown for home and eventual scrapping

  

 

 
   

Pictures supplied by :-

Jim Finch
   

           Crossing the line            2nd December 1957

 

  

Jim Finch, Bill Adams, Jock,    Dave Landeg, Mick ?, Jock ?.

 

 

Divisions at HMS Tamar 1957

 

Bill Adams, Jim Finch, Dave Landeg,

  
     

Picture Kindly Supplied by :- 

     Chris Brangwin      Taken Post January 1958

 

    
   

Jackstay Transfer to       HMAS Melbourne            

   

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