D 709 2/14/1/1 - Photographs as Navy Minister/Under Secretary of State for Defence (Royal Navy). - 1968-1970

Loose black and white photographs of DO as Navy Minister. Includes

Summary:

Loose black and white photographs of DO as Navy Minister. Includes

  • 5 Portrait photographs taken on his first day of office.
  • 8 postcard size photographs stamped on the reverse in Arabic. DO, naval officers and others on board a ship, around a dinner table and looking at fish.
  • DO gathered around a boardroom table, in the background are various diagrams of naval vessels.
  • 4 Royal Naval Official Photographs showing the Queen, Prince Philip, Princess Anne and DO on board HMY Britannia watching a convoy of naval ships and submarines.
  • 1 photograph of DO with the Queen Mother at the Royal Hospital School Holbrook, a school for the sons of seamen.
  • 1 photograph of the Queen Mother presenting a trophy to a Naval Officer, DO is seated in the background. This photograph is at a much later date than the previous one showing the Queen Mother.
  • 1 photograph of DO aboard the Valiant at Portsmouth.
  • 1 Scotland and Northern Ireland Command Royal Navy Public Relations Photograph. DO with a line of Royal Navy uniformed men.
  • 3 photographs of the HMS Ark Royal. In one a line of men (including DO) in flying gear are lined up by an aircraft; the other two pictures show these men meeting naval officers aboard the ship.
  • 1 photograph showing DO parliamentary under secretary of State for the Royal Navy about to fly in a Wasp Helicopter from RMS Portland to HMS Ajax. Pilot is Lt (SL)(P) BL Bellingham, 829 Squadron
  • Photograph showing DO being winched down from a helicopter and a second picture of DO aboard the HMS Intrepid at Singapore
  • Photograph from the photographic dept of RNAS Brawdy. DO and others watch a man mending a chair.
  • Photograph showing a group of men (including DO), some in headphones, watching looking out from the deck of a ship.
  • Photograph of the Admiralty Board 1970. On reverse: The late First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu talking to Dr David Owen the Chairman
  • Photograph showing DO inside a ship with a bearded naval officer.
  • Photograph showing DO meeting with the US Chief of Naval Staff [?Zimmerfeld].
  • 2 photographs of DO on a visit to the Admiral's Residence, Malta. The reverse of one photo has been annotated Minister Clutching Handbag! due to the humorous angle from which this photograph was taken.
Date:1968-1970
Reference Number:D 709 2/14/1/1