Royal Navy vehicles

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by Andrew Morrison

To bring a CMP into this thread I have seen the remains of 15 cwt bodies with RN in white letters on the sides in Australia.

Would these have been local supply from Australian manufactured vehicles or imported by the RN from the UK? There were after all plenty of CMP vehicles parked up across the country at the time.

This was a few years ago and cannot remember if they were local or Canadian type.

During the later stages of the Pacific war, the RN sent out aircraft carriers and other vessels to Australia , places like Sydney were buzzing with RN units . They were building up for the expected invasion of the Japanese mainland. I do know of a restored C8AX that was marked with RN on the doors .The owner attempted to trace its histroy through RN archives , but came up with nothing .

Maybe these vehicles were on loan or purchased even .Or maybe the RN officially or unofficially pilfered a few vehicles from the islands as deck cargo.
We will never know the full story .Many vehicles changed ownership with a few bottles of booze as payment .

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Physical description: Black & white
Summary: SYDNEY HARBOUR, NSW. 1945-09-06. THE ROYAL NAVY MIDGET SUBMARINE, THE XE4 EXITER, CRUISING ROUND THE HARBOUR.


Mike