A row of four Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Hawker Sea Hawks FGA4 Fighter Jets of No. 800 Squadron on the deck of the Centaur Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Albion (R07/Deck letter Z) during the Suez Crisis in 1956. The characteristic yellow & black stripes carried by both the British & French aircraft are clearly visible on the rear of the aircraft on the roundel and under the folded wings. The nearest two Sea Hawk jets are XE411/108/Z and XE437/102/Z.
At the back of the flight deck are a pair of Douglas Skyraider AEW.1 aircraft of No. 849 Sqdn/C Flight and on the far Right a De Havilland Sea Venon FAW.21 of No. 809 Sqdn

RP-3 (Rocket Projectile 3 inch) Rockets stored on the flight deck of the Centaur Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Albion (R07/ Deck letter Z) prior to being loaded/fitted onto the Hawker Sea Hawk jets of either No. 800 or No. 802 Squadron.

Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Douglas AD-4W Skyraider AEW1 of C Flight of
No. 849 Squadron taking off from the deck of HMS Albion during the Suez
Crisis of 1956. The yellow and black stripes carried by both the British & the
French are clearly visible. Parked on the flight deck is a Hawker Sea Hawk
and a De Havilland Sea Venon of No. 809 Squadron.

A pair of RP-3 (Rocket Projectile 3 inch) Rockets loaded under the wing of
a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Hawker Sea Hawk FGA4/FGA6 of No. 800
Squadron on the deck of the Centaur Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier
HMS Albion (R07/Deck letter Z) during the Suez Crisis of 1956.
The characteristic yellow and black stripes of both the British & French
are clearly visible either side of the roundel.

A Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Hawker Sea Hawk FGA4 XE437 102/Z of
No. 800 Squadron landing on the deck of the Centaur Class Light
Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Albion with its’ arrester hook hanging down

A visiting Royal Navy Fleet Airey Gannet Aircraft on the flight deck of
the Centaur Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Albion
with possibly the code letters ‘FD’ on its’ tail

Royal Navy 809 Squadron De Havilland Sea Venon FAW21
XG677 on board HMS Albion, clearly showing the yellow &
black stripes of the British & the French

General Hugh Charles Stockwell, the British Army Commander of Anglo-
French Ground Forces during the Suez Crisis of 1956 paying a visit to the
Centaur Class Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier HMS Albion (R07/Deck letter Z).

General Stockwell is wearing his cap back to front as he willingly took part
in the Naval Tradition/Ceremony of ‘Marching Backwards to Christmas’
much to the merriment of the crew on board.

 

 

Back to Photos Taken During The Suez Crisis

Back to The Suez Crisis

Back to Main Page