Royal Navy vehicles

[illgato]

Originally Posted by Larry Hayward

Photos of RN vehicles seem to be quite rare, as they hardly needed many!

These units had most of the RN vehicles in the Med.

Here are the only photos I have of My Grandfathers RN vehicles. He was transfered to the RN in April 1942 in Alexandria to form the port salvage units for the Inshore Squadron in the Mediterranean. He was land based even though he was a fully qualified Marine Engineer (Chief). His Port Parties were with the first Army units into the ports from El Alamein via Tobruk, Tripoli etc to Bizerta. They cleared the mines below and above water, the booby-traps and then refloated or demolished anythis blocking the port, then they repaired anything that was in the ports to supply the Army.

The first two photos are of the the RN mobile workshops enroute to Beirut from Alexandria in June 1942 to set up the base for the 1st Submarine Flotilla. (during the scare of Rommel reaching Alexandria).
Can anybody identify the trucks?

Part 1 see next post for part 2.

Regards Stephen Morse

[illgato]

Here are the other vehicles (4 photos) of 1MLRU in the North African Desert somewhere between Algiers and Sousse between April and July 1943.
Again can anybody identify the trucks and motorbike?

[cliff]

Photos 1 & 3 are of a MCP Chevrolet also known as the "Lendlease Chev". Photo 2 could be a Morris Commercial but I am not 100% certain of this. Photo 4 is unknown to me but the wheels are the major identification point on this vehicle. I also have no idea what the Motorcycle make is.

[rewdco]

Originally Posted by illgato

Here are the other vehicles (4 photos) of 1MLRU in the North African Desert somewhere between Algiers and Sousse between April and July 1943.
Again can anybody identify the trucks and motorbike?

The first motorcycle looks Italian to me (possibly a Gilera?), but the second one is definitely an early BSA M20.

Jan

[S LATHERON (RIP)]

Good day
Browsing the forum on Navy vehicle i realised that I still had pictures of the Fleet Air Arm Land Rover 107 station wagon that I had not posted.
The Truck is shown with its 1/2 ton brockhouse? sankey trailer both newly painted heading off to a Show at the DLI Museum one August.
Lots of fun but sadly sold to fund other projects.
Stephen
I need help please, I have been trying to log onto the Light weight land rover owners site and using a Hotmail.co.uk account. it rejects the whole address, also tried A hotmail.com and it dislikes this also. Any ideas please?

[illgato]

Stephen
I need help please, I have been trying to log onto the Light weight land rover owners site and using a Hotmail.co.uk account. it rejects the whole address, also tried A hotmail.com and it dislikes this also. Any ideas please?[/QUOTE]

Contact the site administrator, it will be a problem with Hotmail either blocking or Blacklisting the web site.
Regards Stephen

http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewt...1485&p=6287075

[singeager]

A subject open to discussion....

did the Navy use Dingo's well certainly yes on one day in 1946.

During the London Victory parade senior officers were paraded in a number Dingo's in RN markings. (i own the car F340653 shown in the photo)

Otherwise I have heard accounts from veterans that they were used by Beach masters top maintain communications (like on the Dieppe raid).

and general liaison purposes around large bases. I wonder whoever if this is because they just utilised vehicles that were standing around awaiting shipment?

thoughts anyone?

DSC F-- Victory parade Cdrs2.jpg F340653 victory parade june 46.jpg