HMS Ceylon
BAP Colonel Bolognesi
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1957: HMS Ceylon seen at Grand Harbour, Malta following the Suez Crisis.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



1957: HMS Ceylon (2nd ship in line) seen at Gibraltar.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



1957: HMS Ceylon seen off Stone Town, Zanzibar.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



1957: HMS Ceylon seen off Lagos, Nigeria.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



1957: HMS Ceylon seen at Lagos, Nigeria.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



1957: HMS Ceylon seen departing Dakar, Senegal.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



1957: A depth charge exploding off the stern of HMS Ceylon.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



HMS Ceylon seen at Bahrain circa 1957.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



HMS Ceylon seen during the handing over of the Simonstown Naval Base to South African Navy in 1957.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)



HMS Ceylon starting to roll in the Bay of Biscay circa 1958.
(Photo courtesy of David Butler, R.N.)





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