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On the 9th Vengeance entered the dry dock at Govan. Upon inspection it was discovered that a large deep sea trawler net had become entangled around her outer starboard propeller. On Tuesday morning the dock was flooded and Vengeance was warped out by two tugs to the tidal berth on the Clyde. Early on Friday morning she sailed into the North Channel, along with the fast costal escort destroyer HMS Wallace and the corvette HMS Poppy. Again various tests were carried out including Action Stations, Emergency Stations etc before sailing up to the Loch Ewe naval base.
HMS Invincible worked up again in the Mince with 820’s Aces and 800’s Thunderbolts. The new BH5 hydraulic catapults that were recently installed were designed to launch 30,000lbs aircraft at 130knots, however during the last few weeks trials they could only achieve an end speed of 75knots. On Saturday Invincible revived her Operational Readiness Inspection. Inclement weather stranded several hundred of her crew ashore, but Rear-Admiral J B Heath, an old friend of the ship, passed her with flying colours.
On the 9th Vengeance entered the dry dock at Govan. Upon inspection it was discovered that a large deep sea trawler net had become entangled around her outer starboard propeller. On Tuesday morning the dock was flooded and Vengeance was warped out by two tugs to the tidal berth on the Clyde. Early on Friday morning she sailed into the North Channel, along with the fast costal escort destroyer HMS Wallace and the corvette HMS Poppy. Again various tests were carried out including Action Stations, Emergency Stations etc before sailing up to the Loch Ewe naval base.
HMS Invincible worked up again in the Mince with 820’s Aces and 800’s Thunderbolts. The new BH5 hydraulic catapults that were recently installed were designed to launch 30,000lbs aircraft at 130knots, however during the last few weeks trials they could only achieve an end speed of 75knots. On Saturday Invincible revived her Operational Readiness Inspection. Inclement weather stranded several hundred of her crew ashore, but Rear-Admiral J B Heath, an old friend of the ship, passed her with flying colours.