On August 4, 1960, HMS Vanguard was leaving Portsmouth Harbour for the breaker’s yard at Faslane when she slewed across the harbour and ran aground near the Still & West. She was pulled off by five tugs and hour later. - IWM - Royal Navy #reelsviral #reelsvideo #reel #reelstrending #reeloftheday #reelsinstagram #reels #reelitfeelit #viralvideos #viralpost #viral #viralreels #trending #trendingreels #trendingnow #ship #navy #instagood #boat #vessel #hmsvanguard #royalnavy #veteran #veterans #sail

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#onthisday 9th August 1960 HMS Vanguard, the Royal Navy's last and largest ever Battleship docks on the Clyde to begin being broken up for scape. Rank Pictures. On 4 August 1960 HMS Vanguard was towed from Portsmouth Harbour, and on the 9th August reached the Breakers yard at Faslane in the Gareloch,Scotland, just a few miles from where she first set sail in 1946. Under the command of Lt. Cdr. W.G. Frampton were two officers and sixty ratings.She had been sold to the British Iron and Steel Corpo

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