HMS Ausonia in Msida Creek, Malta 1962. Ausonia is in the far left of the photograph, with HMS Narvik in the centre, with submarines alongside. To the top of the photograph , are several Ton class minesweepers
Built by ‘Vickers-Armstrong’, Barrow & launched on 29th July 1945 as LST 3044. Named HMS Narvik in 1947. She was flagship of the British Task Force for the Atomic Bomb tests in Monte Bello Islands in May 1956. Became a ‘Submarine Support Ship’ at Chatham & then, in 1960, became a Depot Ship to the 108th Minesweeping Squadron in Malta – Broken up in 1965 http://tca2000.co.uk/?page_id=565
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