You are bidding on an 8 x 10 black and white photograph of HMCS Buckingham, the world’s first helicopter frigate.

The Buckingham began her life as a World War II River Class Frigate on 10 November 1943 at the Davie Shipbuilding yards in Lauzon Quebec. She was launched on 28 April 1944 and commissioned into the Royal Canadian Navy on 02 November 1944 with Pennant number K 685. She was paid off in reserve on 16 November 1945.

On 25 June 1954 , brought out of reserve, she was recommissioned as FFE 314. During 1956 she was fitted with a temporary helicopter landing pad aft and experiments with the Sikorsky S-55 Horse helicopter. She was paid off on 23 March 1965 and eventually scrapped.

Photograph one is an overhead overall port beam view circa 1956 with a Sikorsky Horse helicopter hovering over the temporary helicopter pad, installed 1956.

Item two is an 8 x 10 colour statistics sheet showing the ships crest, general characteristics, callsign, trivia and the ensigns she proudly flew.

Item three is an 8 x 10 colour with a short history of the Buckingham , complete with a list of her Commanding Officers, her WW II unofficial ships badge and her FFE 314 badge,  and a starboard beam line drawing.


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Not your ship, so to speak I will be adding more ships and submarines weekly all with a ships tech sheet (which I design) showing her crest, ensigns, technical data and trivia.
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