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HMS Marguerite
Weather Observer
HMS Marguerite
Built by Hall, Russell & Co, Aberdeen
Launched 8 July 1940
© Jonathan Wickett
Converted to Weather observer at H.M. Dockyard Sheerness and renamed on 31 July 1947 by the Secretary of State for Air in Shadwell Docks, London
She sailed on 1st Aug 1947 to take up position on station commanded by Capt N.F. Israel D.S.C
Weather Observer
Observer in Shadwell basin London just after her refit to a Weather Ship in 1947
© The Sphere
© James Pottinger
© James Pottinger
Observer in Dry Dock
© Jenifer Cousins
© Neil Keene
© Brian Hodgson
Observer in Greenock 1953
© Alan Douglas
Observer transferring crew to Explorer in 1955, Station India
© Alan Douglas
Weather Observer being relieved by Weather Reporter in 1959
© Alan McGowan
© Crown copyright 2021, the Met Office
Observer was scrapped at Ghent on 8th Sep1961
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