Bubblecar said:

captain_spalding said:

That’s her. Have seen her a couple of times, but not set foot aboard her since she’s been with the Museum.

She’s in Museum hands in the pic, as sh has the Red Ensign flying down aft.

Looking at the pic made me think of a particular episode. Sunday, along side at HMAS Waterhen. Bored out of our skulls.

From somewhere, the Chief Bosun’s Mate had acquired MANY tins of car polish.

We decided to polish the patrol boat. All 32.8 metres/107 feet of it.

And we did. Hull, upper works, gun, engine uptake, all of it.

Exhausted, we stood on the wharf, and admired our achievement.

A warship that glistened. Gleamed. Glowed in the afternoon sun.

We beheld a sight that none of us had seen before, and none have seen since.

Heh. Usually think of warships as being a drab matte.

The picture puzzles me.

The signal flag flying is V-Victor, which inn the International (i.e. civilian) Code means, ‘i require assistance’.

In the Allied Tactical Signal Code it means: STREAMING/RECOVERING TOWED ACOUSTIC DEVICES, NOT INCLUDING MINESWEEPING EQUIPMENT

Neither of which would seem likely to apply to what we see in the pic (it never HAD ‘towed acoustic devices’).