Petty Officer George Wylam, R.N. Collection
(1920-1966)
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HMS Victorious seen with HMS Argus in the background.


HMS Victorious in company with HMS Ark Royal and HMS Renown.


HMS Victorious, date and location unknown.


HMS Victorious seen with several Fairey Albacore aircraft on the flight deck.


HMS Victorious seen in in heavy seas.


Climbing the anchor chain.


HMS Victorious seen with several Hawker Sea Hurricanes, a Fairey Albacore and a crashed Sea Hurricane on the flight deck.


HMS Victorious, date and location unknown.


HMS Argus, date and location unknown.


HMS Eagle, date and location unknown.


HMS Victorious seen off Iceland.
(Note: From July 1941 to July 1942 HMS Victorious was involved in operations in Norway and convoy escort duty to Russia. The next series of photos are from that period of time.)


A photo of the Icelandic coast.


A photo of Iceland.


HMS Victorious seen with two Fairey Albacores on the flight deck.
(All photos from the collection of PO George Wylam, R.N.)
Courtesy of John Wylam


HMS King George V seen from HMS Victorious.




Conducting flight operations on HMS Victorious.


MaritimeQuest extends a big thank you to John Wylam, who went to a lot of time and expense to get this collection scanned and sent to us. We greatly appreciate John for allowing us to publish his father's collection. Also thanks to Barry Lake who helped identify some of the photos in the collection.



Page published May 1, 2021