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 Magpie is docked alongside a bustling quay in Monte Carlo during an official five-day visit by the Royal Fleet in February 1951. The frigate was the only vessel commanded by Lieutenant-Commander the Duke of Edinburgh, who had taken command in September 1950. A crowd of civilians dressed in period attire gathers to observe the warship, with its prominent lattice masts, radar antennae, and a twin-barreled anti-aircraft gun angled upwards. A temporary covered walkway runs along the ship’s side, level with the dock.
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