(...) "Maggie just leaving the dock at at San Juan - 30 Nov 1949"

(...) "Maggie leaving San Juan - 30 Nov 1949"

(...) "Shanty Town - shore beside jetty in Jan Juan, Puerto Rico - 30 Nov 1949"

(...) San Juan, Puerto Rico - 30 Nov 1949

San Juan, Puerto Rico 27-30 Nov 1949

(...) San Juan, Puerto Rico - 30 Nov 1949

(...) San Juan, Puerto Rico - 30 Nov 1949

(...) "On Leaving San Juan Harbour - 30 Nov 1949"

(...) The old fort at San Juan, Puerto Rico, overlooking the harbour entrance. "On Leaving San Juan Harbour" - 30 Nov 1949

(...) "HMCS MAGNIFICENT anchored at Murray's Landing Bermuda Jan 1950"  ??  //  back of photo

(...) Johnny Radburn posing with 3 local boys, Bermuda, Jan 1950

(...) Johnny Radburn sun tanning on HMCS MAGNIFICENT off Bermuda - Jan 1950

(...) Johnny Radburn ashore in Bermuda - Jan 1950

(...) Johnny Radburn on Maggie's flight deck just off Bermuda

(...) Johnny Radburn on Maggie just off Bermuda with HMCS MICMAC 214 in the background

(...) HMCS SWANSEA 306 with MAGNIFICENT just off Bermuda - Jan 1950

(...) "American Sub with another American ship off Bermuda - Jan 1950"

(...) "Two American Subs off Maggie off Bermuda - Jan 1950"

(...) American Sub off Bermuda - Jan 1950

(...) American sub off Bermuda. Maggie's bofors in the foreground - Jan 1950

(...) "HMCS MICMAC 214 off Maggie off Bermuda - Jan 1950"

(...) "Radar testing gear on Maggie - Jan 1950"

Quonset Point, Rhode Island - unknown date

(...) "To Eleanor with all my love, Johnny" - Johnny Radburn on the flight deck of HMCS MAGNIFICENT at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA  //  Click here to view another copy of this photo

(...) Johnny Radburn on the flight deck of HMCS MAGNIFICENT at Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA

(...-...-...) Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA

Quonset Point, Rhode Island - unknown date

(...) Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA

Swimming photos - unknown date and location

Swimming photos - unknown date and location

(...) Unknown amusement park

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore - location unknown

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailors ashore - location unknown

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor posing in front of a poster for a boxer

HMCS MAGNIFICENT Flight Deck Ops - Take Offs

HMCS MAGNIFICENT Flight Deck Ops - Landings

HMCS MAGNIFICENT Flight Deck Ops - Prangs

(...) HMCS MAGNIFICENT sailors ashore at an unknown location  //  back of photo

(...) HMCS MAGNIFICENT sailors ashore at an unknown location  //  back of photo

(...) Unknown sailor off HMCS MAGNIFICENT visits the grave of Cpl Murray Emery Wood, Highland Light Infantry of Canada at the Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands

(...) Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery in the Netherlands

(...) Photo of Cpl Murray E. Wood  //  Source: Canadian Virtual War Memorial

(...) Article on the death of Cpl Murray Wood //  Source: The Canadian Virtual War Memorial  //  Courtesy of Operation Picture me

(...) Service file for Murray Wood  //  Source: The Library and Archives of Canada

* Note: The last 3 images were not from the collection of John Radburn

Below, photos from the Special Service Squadron Deployment 23 Aug 1950 - 27 Nov 1950 with port visits to Londonderry, Rosyth, Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Portsmouth, Cherbourg, Lisbon and Gibraltar

Special Service Squadron port visit Londonderry, Northern Ireland

(...) Shoreline of Lough Foyle near Moville, Northern Ireland

(...) Guildhall, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

(...) Diamond War Memorial, Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Special Service Squadron port visit to Rosyth, Scotland

(...-...) Edinburgh Castle

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor standing beside the Edinburgh Zoo sign

(...-...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore in Edinburgh.  the Scott Monument is in the background on the left hand side of the photo  //  Historical note:  The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott

Special Service Squadron port visit to Rosyth, Scotland

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor shore in Edinburgh, Scotland

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore in Rosyth, Scotland.  The Forth bridge is in the background

(...) The Forth bridge, Rosyth, Scotland

Special Service Squadron port visit to Oslo, Norway

(...) 3rd photo - Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor crossing the road.  The Grand Hotel, Oslo, Norway in the background.

Special Service Squadron port visit to Oslo, Norway

All these statues are in Vigeland Park, Oslo, Norway

Special Service Squadron port visit to Rotterdam

This photo is believed to be taken at Rotterdam - though its not a positive identification

Special Service Squadron port visit to Portsmouth, England

(...) Admiral Nelson's ship VICTORY, Portsmouth, England

(...-...) Picadilly Circus, London, England

Special Service Squadron port visit to Lisbon, Portugal

* Fatima, Portugal circa is approx 90 minute drive north of Lisbon

(...-...) Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, Fatima, Portugal

(...) Unknown sailor off HMCS MAGNIFICENT with the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima in the background, Fatima, Portugal

(...) Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, Fatima, Portugal

(...) Close up of the statue in on the grounds of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima, Fatima, Portugal

Special Service Squadron port visit to Lisbon, Portugal

(...)  The Original grave of St. Francisco Marto in the Cemetery of Fatima, Fatima, Portugal  //  Historical note:  On the 17th of February 1952, the mortal remains of St. Francisco Marto were exhumed from the cemetery of Fatima. He was later interred in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fatima on the 13th of March 1952, in the right part of the transept, where he now rests.

(...-...) The Chapel of Apparitions, Fatima, Portugal

(...) Unknown officer with 2 locals at Fatima, Portugal

Special Service Squadron port visit to Gibraltar

New York - HMCS MAGNIFICENT visited New York on several occasions.  These photos would likely have been taken between 1949 and 1952

New York - HMCS MAGNIFICENT visited New York on several occasions.  These photos would likely have been taken between 1949 and 1952

(...) The Temple of Hephaestus, Athens, Greece - 19-22 Jul 1952

(...) The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, Athens Greece - 19-22 Jul 1952

(...)The Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens, Greece -  19-22 Jul 1952

(...) Looking over Athens, Greece - 19-22 Jul 1952  //  The Temple of Zeus is in the lower right corner of the photo

(...) Unknown location.  The back of the photo reads" "Halfar 30th CAG 2/8/52 - 11/8/52"  Webmaster's note: During that time frame HMCS MAGNIFICENT had a port visit in Malta but to date nothing has been found to match this location.

(...) HMCS MAGNIFICENT - unknown location

(...) HMCS MAGNIFICENT - unknown location

(...) Unidentified submarine - unknown location

(...) Soccer or perhaps Rugby game - unknown teams and unknown location

(...) Unidentified British aircraft carrier

(...) Unknown Leading Seaman on HMCS MAGNIFICENT with an unidentified British aircraft carrier in the background.  Same carrier as in previous photo

(...) Unidentified British aircraft carrier in an unknown port. Photo taken from HMCS MAGNIFICENT

(...) Possibly HMCS MAGNIFICENT

(...) Unknown location - likely somewhere in Europe.

(...) Unknown sailor on HMCS MAGNIFICENT - unknown shoreline in the background

(...) Unknown location.  Possibly HMCS HAIDA 215 in the background

(...) Aircraft ranged on the flight deck of HMCS MAGNIFICENT at an unknown location

(...-...) Small cruise ship passing by HMCS MAGNIFICENT

(...) Tug crowded with passengers in an unknown port

(...) Accommodation ladder from HMCS MAGNIFICENT down to a floating platform

(...) Unidentified USN warship

(...) Unidentified aircraft carrier

(...) Small boat alongside HMCS MAGNIFICENT

(...) Two unknown sailors off HMCS MAGNIFICENT at an unknown location

(...) Two unknown sailors off HMCS MAGNIFICENT at an unknown location.  The sailor on the left appears to be the same as the sailor on the left in the previous photo.

(...) HMCS MAGNIFICENT at an unknown location

(...) Two Tribal class destroyers seen from HMCS MAGNIFICENT

(...) Bow of HMCS MICMAC 214 - Note the Squid on her fo'c's'le in place of her forward gun turret

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore at an unknown location

(...) Unknown sailors off MAGNIFICENT at an unknown location

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore at an unknown location

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore at an unknown location

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore at an unknown location

(...) Two unknown MAGNIFICENT sailors with their dates at a ship's function

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore at an unknown location

(...) Unknown sailor with his girlfriend / date

(...-...) Small craft being pulled from the water.  It is not known if these 2 photos were taken from MAGNIFICENT or from nearby.  Is it one of MAGNIFICENT'S ships boats?

(...) Unknown MAGNIFICENT sailor ashore at an unknown location

(...) unknown people

(...) Ice covered fo'c's'le of unknown ship - possibly a frigate

(...) Inside an unknown type of aircraft

(...) unknown person

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