Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Saturday, September 12, 1964 @ 1100 		HMS VIDAL (1954-1976 Research vessel 315 feet long of Royal Navy, London) Own Page

Royal Naval Survey ship HMS VIDAL at Leningrad, Russia
Ship's locationLeningrad, RussiaPort of RegistryAdmiralty, London (England, UK)
Deadweght Tonnage1,940

Bill McKellar writes :
The British Royal Naval survey ship HMS VIDAL docked in Leningrad today at the start of a four-day official visit - the first by a Royal Naval ship for eight years.
On board is Rear-Admiral E. G. Irving, the Royal Navy's Chief Hydrographer, who will be received by Admiral Ivan Balkov, senior officer in Leningrad .....Reuter