HMS Mermaid and HMS Magpie. The Magpie was the only vessel commanded by Lieutenant-Commander the Duke of Edinburgh, who took command on 2 September 1950, when he was 29. Here it is on an official 5-days visit with the Royal Fleet to Monte Carlo, Feb. 1951.

HMS Mermaid and HMS Magpie are moored in the harbor during a five-day official visit of the Royal Fleet to Monte Carlo in February 1951. The Magpie, with pennant number F82 visible, was the only vessel commanded by Lieutenant-Commander the Duke of Edinburgh. In this nocturnal photograph, the illuminated warships are set against a glowing, terraced hillside, their forms and the shoreline's lights casting long, shimmering reflections across the calm water.

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