HMS Ceylon
BAP Colonel Bolognesi

HMS Ceylon, date and location unknown.



HMS Ceylon seen in 1951.



HMS Ceylon seen just before her 1956 refit.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



September 1956: Recommissioning ceremony for HMS Ceylon at HM Naval Base Portsmouth.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



HMS Ceylon seen after her 1956 refit.



September 1956: HMS Ceylon ship's company.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



September 1956: HMS Ceylon seen at Malta.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



October 1956: A Whitehead torpedo being fired from HMS Ceylon off Portland, England.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



HMS Ceylon seen refueling from RFA Black Rover off the Suez Canal circa late 1956.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



November 1956: Action stations on a starboard Bofors gun on HMS Ceylon off the Suez Canal.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



November 20, 1956: HMS Ceylon coming alongside the mole at Gibraltar.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)





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