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From: David Lund <>
Subject: Re: H.M.S. Doris
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:18:21 +0000

In article <000001be634a$a00403e0$>, Simon Wolfie Smith
<> writes
>Ah, I see from Mr Lund's posting that there WAS a ship named H.M.S. Doris
>after all! Makes me wonder whether there was a ship named H.M.S. Beatrice,
>perhaps based in Portsmouth where my gran's First Cousin's husband was a
>naval officer, and gran had her sons photographed with the hats because of
>the name. Dad remembers (vaguely) the photo being taken and it's still
>hanging in their bureau, but not where the hats came from. He's always
>assumed the hatbands were like the 'personalised' name keyfobs one can buy.
>
>Has anyone any record of an H.M.S. Beatrice?
>
>Simon "Wolfie" Smith in Cardiff, UK (but not Welsh)
>"Boldly going where no-one has gone before - because they've all got more
>sense"
>
>
Sorry, but I have no record of an HMS Beatrice - but that's not to say
there never was one :-))

Best wishes
David Lund

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