Photo Stock - History
THE SUN SETS ON ANOTHER EMPIRE OUTPOST - Cyprus gains independence, 16 Aug 1960 * Very unique (c) (World Copyrights) photography of Cyprus, Independence Day - Aug 16, 1960!
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Sir Hugh Foot, last governor of Cyprus (above 2 pictures, and below photo)
Above photo: Sir Hugh Foot and his wife about to board HMS Chichester at a spit and polished Famagusta dockside. Photograph © EventPicture.co.uk
HMS Chichester was first commissioned in 1958 and in that year rescued crew of the coaster CONCHA off Milford Haven before ship sank. The commission took her through the Mediterranean to the Far East returning via South Africa and South America. HMS Chichester (F59) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy. Decommissioned 1981: HMS Chichester arrived for scrapping at Queenborough on 17 March 1981 |
World (c) Photography 2015
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