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Feb. 26 First pictures of H.M.S. Vidal, The Royal Navy New Survey Ship Helicopter trials on board H.M. Survey Ship Vidal (Capt. E.G. Irving, O.B.E. R.N.), having been completed at H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, is now completing trials and is to visit the Thames at the end of the month, when she will be inspected by Member of the Board of the Admiralty. The Vidal is the first survey ship to be fitted with a helicopter hangar, and she has a remarkable air conditioning plant which is capable of extracting heat from sea water in Arctic conditions. Of 315 feet in length, she has a beam of 40 feet. A lithographic printing press for chart reproduction is installed. Photo Shows: A Hiller 12 helicopter of the Royal Navy, being wheeled from the hangar of the new survey ship

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