THIS WEEK IN 1991: A flotilla drops into Portsmouth Harbour
Ships from six countries arrived in Portsmouth at the end of an eight-month-long NATO exercise in the north Atlantic.
Among the flotilla was the frigate HMS Campbeltown, on which Prince Andrew was a helicopter pilot.
Accompanying Campbeltown were HNLMS Van Kinsbergen, from the Netherlands, USS Pharris, from the USA, HNOMS Stavanger, from Norway, HMCS Margaree, from Canada, and FGS Lubeck, from Germany.
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Hide AdFive of the crew, pictured on page 21, created a stir when they appeared on deck in fancy dress.
Nick Cheshire, ‘Tazz’ Tarry, Stuart Thomas, Dave Turner, and ‘Buck’ Rogers had donned their costumes as part of an end-of-voyage celebration.