Commissioning of HMS Kent in Belfast

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Location

Belfast

Year

1963

Date

Production 15/08/1963

Length

08min 24sec

Audio

mute, sound

Format

16mm

black and white

Source

Funded by the Broadcast Authority of Ireland under the Archiving Scheme 2

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Department for Communities, ITV, UTV Archive

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ITV

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The HMS Kent was a guided missile destroyer built for £14m by Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast. It was formally commissioned at a ceremony by Admiral Sir Charles Madden, Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet, who had been Sub-lieutenant of the commission on the previous ship to bear the name in 1928. As well as the official speech and presentations there is also included an interview by Jimmy Greene with the Admiral and with its Captain, John Wells.

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An Ulster Television Production.

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