COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF HMS KENYA [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: COMMISSIONING CEREMONY OF HMS KENYA [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1563
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Commissioning of HMS Kenya at HM Dockyard, Rosyth, October 1955. Ceremony conducted by the Venerable Archdeacon F N Chamberlain (Chaplain of the Fleet) and the Ship's Padre, the Reverend J O C Champion.
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  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ADM 1563
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1955-10
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Chamberlain, Neil (person) Champion, J O C (person) Royal Navy, Kenya (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British naval - cruiser: Kenya (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: commissioning of warship (object name) HMS Kenya, commissioning of & 10/1955 (event) GB, Scotland & Rosyth, Fife <HM Dockyards> (geography)
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