Old Photograph HMS Swiftsure Forth Bridge Scotland

Old photograph of HMS Swiftsure by the Forth Railway Bridge near North Queensferry, Fife, Scotland. HMS Swiftsure was a Minotaur-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, on 22 September 1941, launched on 4 February 1943 by Lady Wake-Walker and commissioned on 22 June 1944. Swiftsure joined the Home Fleet on commissioning, and in 1944 she was assigned to the Eastern Fleet, where, in November 1944, she became a unit of the newly formed British Pacific Fleet. In the Pacific she participated in the Okinawa Campaign of March and May 1945 and in June took part in the carrier raid on Truk by the British Pacific Fleet, with the cruisers shelling the islands. On 30 August 1945 this group entered Hong Kong and took the Japanese surrender there. HMS Swiftsure was at this time the flagship of the British Pacific Cruiser Squadron, and was selected by Admiral Cecil Harcourt to hoist his flag for the Japanese surrender. In 1946 she was the flagship of the 4th Cruiser Squadron and in 1951 she became the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron. In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth. She was eventually sold, arriving at the Inverkeithing yard of T. W. Ward in Fife on 17 October 1962 to be scrapped. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Ballinluig Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of children, cottage and house in Ballinluig, Perthshire, Scotland.



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Old Photograph Springkell House Scotland

Old photograph of Springkell House by Eaglesfield near Annan in south east Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Sir William Maxwell, 2nd Baronet of Springkell, built the house in 1734. Sir John Shaw Heron-Maxwell added the wings around 1818. The Maxwell, later Heron-Maxwell Baronetcy, of Springkell in the County of Dumfries, is a title in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia. It was created on 7 February 1683 for Patrick Maxwell. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Station Road Cardenden Fife Scotland

Old photograph of cottages and houses on Station Road in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland. A former mining town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new railway station. Areas of Cardenden include Auchterderran, Bowhill, Dundonald, the Jamphlars, New Carden and Woodend. It is reported that last duel on Scottish soil took place in a field at Cardenbarns to the south of Cardenden. On 2 August 1826, a Kirkcaldy merchant named David Landale fought a duel with George Morgan, a Kirkcaldy banker and retired Lieutenant from the 77th Regiment of Foot. Morgan was killed by wounds received from a pistol ball. Landale was tried and subsequently cleared of his murder at the Sheriff Court in Perth, Perthshire. Blog post of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day.



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Old Photograph Huniting For Rabbits Perthshire Scotland

Old photograph of hunting for rabbits in Highland Perthshire, Scotland.



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