Royal Navy submarines identified

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In July this year I paid a visit to the RN Submarine Museum at Gosport, Just over the water from Portsmouth. I asked the ladies in the museum shop if they knew the names of the submarines that appeared on the set of 4 stamps issued by Royal Mail in 2001. They told me they could not remember the names but one lady told me to contact Debbie Corner who was in charge of the museum photograph collection.

I rang Debbie the next day with my query and she told me that the only one she could remember was HMS URSULA. However, she said if I gave her my e-mail address she would check up and let me know the names of the other submarines. Later that day she e-mailed me – her reply was: -
"The submarines on the Royal Mail stamps are:
HMS Holland 1
HMS Ursula
Swiftsure-class - unfortunately the image is stored under 'Swiftsure-class General' so is not identified.
HMS Vanguard"

Great Britain 2001 sg2202/05

Peter Crichton