Captain Rick Cosby established Maritime Originals (www.maritimeoriginals.com) and Maritime Prints (www.maritimeprints.com) over a quarter of a century ago and his pictures are already well known to many members. He will offer a fresh original and or print every month on the NR website and quarterly in the Journal. HMS Ark Royal fixed wing carrier returns to Devonport for the last time 2/12/78 This was a sad day – the premature paying off of the fixed wing carrier in 1978. Brought about as usual by lack of further funding for a restorative refit and a failure to capitalise on the huge refit Ark…
