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(Naval Ship) HMS Princess Beatrix (LCI) converted Dutch Ferry

Listed by Peter47 ·

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About this boat

Based this model on the Ship my Uncle sailed on throughout the Second World War, as an AB Quartermaster Coxswain, HMS Princess Beatrix (LSI), to 1/100th stand off scale. She and her sister ship HMS Queen Emma where Dutch Ferryboats converted to Carry up to 8 LCAs or 6 LCAs and 2 LCM Landing crafts on many of the raids of that conflict, as far as the Far East, returning to Ferry duties after war until scrapping in 1968/9, Mainly scratch built - Fuller story to be found at my website - https://sites.google.com/view/researchonhmsprincessbeatrixhm/Home and photos at https://sites.google.com/site/hmsprincessbeatrix/ mainly Albums 1 to 5 , Feel free to check other albums for other boats. (8/10)

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  1. Peter47
    Chief Petty Officer 1st Class
    Video of HMS Princess Beatrix, sailing at Etherow Park MBC 7th Sep 2023, whilst attempting to setup independent motor control,
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    Tried to add this to My harbour, but keep getting invalid file.

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