HMS Chailey M-2009, date and location unknown.

HMS Chailey M-2009 seen off Portland, England circa 1965.

March 1965: A Westland Whirlwind exercising a helicopter transfer above HMS Chailey M-2009 off Portland, England.

April 1965: HMS Chailey M-2009 alongside at Newhaven, England.

April 1965: The wireless office in HMS Chailey M-2009.

April 1965: Crewmen from HMS Chailey M-2009 visit Chailey Heritage in Chailey, East Sussex, England. The boat was named after this village. The Heritage was a home where children who were born with birth defects caused by the drug Thalidomide were cared for.
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April 1965: HMS Chailey M-2009 paying off at Portland, England. The Commanding Officer Lieutenant Veitch is seen at left.