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Hi Rob. Yes, I was in another room and when I heard HMS Kent mentioned I dashed in then realised others would be interested so hence the hurried comment. I managed to get most of the program recorded but as you say it is likely to be on the IPlayer. I am absolutely in awe of the work you have done. Beautiful modelling. Glad the picture helped. My Dad would be so interested to see what you have achieved but sadly it was 30 years ago this month that we lost him. He's now at Spit Head. Cheers, Paul

BBC4 now, Lost Films of WW2 , S1E2 - HMS KENT filmed from and by George Blundell(?)

Thanks Our Ned. I've had a deeper dig at https://www.naval-history.net and I can see that Berwick and Barham were both part of Force F on passage to Malta and the Berwick notes record an air attack on the 9th May '40. After that there's no other air attacks listed for either for the rest of that year so maybe that and the picture below are from the 9th but hopefully the book Battle for the Mediterranean by Donald Macintyre that I've just ordered will reveal more. Cheers.

Thanks Ex-FAAWAFU. I have had a look at the https://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-06CA-Berwick.htm site and Hood appears not be be included in her history but certainly with Ark Royal. It lists Norway operations with Ark Royal from 23rd Apr to 4th May '40 including air attacks and again on 27th Nov in the Med when she sustained two 8" hits to an aft turret. In the latter, Barham is mentioned and since this was a surface action then those would be shells and not bombs so I would propose that it is not Barham emerging but Valiant as she's listed (along with Glorious ) in that Norwegian action. I've realised that I've put the annotation next to the wrong picture (the emerging one) and should be the next one down. I will edit the post to correct it. The Museum of the Royal Navy is a good shout. Cheers

Thanks chaps and you are most welcome. And thanks for the info Our Ned. Cheers.

Oops. I've jump the gun (too late to avoid the pun), that's the pom pom mount! So this must be starboard side facing forward.

So further to this I have now posted the additional pictures at Cheers Paul

Hi. I mentioned to @robgizlu that I had around 20 or so additional pictures but didn't want to swamp his thread with Berwick related stuff so he suggested a new topic in this area. While not an regular modeller, I was looking for modelling information for HMS Kent and I came upon the forum by @robgizlu for the Trumpeter 1/ 350th and discovered that he too was looking to use it and the HMS Cornwall as a basis for building HMS Berwick. This was of great interest to me as my father had served in her from 1938 - 1941 and I thought the Airfix 1:600 version of HMS Suffolk was not good enough to go with a framed picture and an original ship's badge that I want to display. After his death in 1990 I inherited his stuff including an album and envelopes of photographs from his time in the navy which I have only cursorily glanced at over the years. By way of contributing to a fantastic web site I thought I would dig out and publish some Berwick photos from the album as he had annotated and so I was confident with the information I could pass on. I was thanked most heartily by @robgizlu and other members and so this encouraged me to dig into the envelopes to see if there were more of Berwick. And indeed there were! There are some of a convey being bombed, potential one of the ship's captain and and others that might not be useful as modelling reference pictures but I've included them for historical reference. I am also mindful that they belong on historical sites such as the IWM but that's for another day. It is note worthy that some of the pictures have been marked on the back with Berwick's official photographic department stamp and as I mentioned in robgizlu's thread, I do remember Dad telling me that since he had had an interest in cameras he was officially given a camera to "snap around " with. So I would like to think that these were his "snaps". If you look at the URL address it will contain the file name and if it has a _S suffix then that indicates it has a stamp - likewise _NS is no stamp. So here is what I discovered today; of course all comments welcome. This is the best version I could image - blue ink does not show up in a scanner so I just used my phone camera. Location unknown but guessing it's Norway. Also annotated with BOMBS FALLING ON & AROUND THE CONVOY" Possibly that is Ark Royal. This also appears on https://world-war.co.uk/Kent/berwick.php3 as the steamer Wolfsburg - 2nd March 1940, Denmark Straits. Elsewhere is says that the crew had set it on fire and was sunk by Berwick's guns. Likewise this was the steamer Uruguay - 6th March 1940, Denmark Straits. I'm pretty sure that is Ark Royal. And this is Norway. And no doubt this is too. Dad is first on the left. Almost thought this was the captain but I think it's a German uniform! Persons unknown. A rescue of some sorts. Boats away! Cheers for now.

Hi Rob. Thanks for the info, I've had a scan through as right now I'm just about to publish a new topic for the additional pictures but I think one of them is of the mount you have been talking about. Et voila? Cheers

Hi Mike. Yes, be in no doubt that I will post them. It's a matter of where, at least here on Britmodellers. Cheers

Thanks for the advice Gorby. I've successfully used Blogger today for my first post. Doesn't like XP though but OK with Win7. Cheers Paul

Thanks Rob. No worries, it is a pleasure to share. It's great to hear that the Cornwall has the etch too but I am keen to try some add ons such as the hatch ways. I'm looking forward to see your progress. Hopefully I can get the next set of pictures at least uploaded to my hosting site (Blogger) later tomorrow - have you considered starting a Berwick topic? My comment about adding a crew was without realising that the average man height at that scale will around 4.7mm! I'm used to 3 or 4 mm to the foot so painting them seems like a huge challenge. One of the other pictures of Dad has amused me as it shows him in uniform with his hands in his pockets - how he used to berate me if I had mine in mine. Cheers Paul

Thanks again Ned and also for the information; the php3 page is very good. Since dinner I have had a delve into my dad's stuff and in an envelope of loose black and white pictures I have found around 20 of what I recognise to be Berwick! In fact a lot of them are marked on the reverse with an official HMS Berwick stamp. I do remember Dad telling me that since he had had an interest in cameras he was officially given a camera to "snap around " with. Hence there are action pictures including of a convey being bombed and of survivors being picked up. So I have a bit of scanning to do and more over decide how to publish them without steam rolling Rob's thread. Perhaps I could just show the links or start my own topic although it might not be appropriate for just pictures. Suggestions welcome. Is it 10 o'clock already?!

You are welcome. Cheers

Thanks Ned. I did actually think my grey and buff comment was a bit throw away but thanks for the correction. I believe Dad left the ship when it went in for repairs after its encounter with the Admiral Hipper in Dec '40 so do I get another choice of colours for when it was in the Med? A couple of years later he was again in the Med in HMS Pozarica and was torpedoed and consequently earned him the North Africa star!