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TQ2777 : Diamond Jubilee Pageant - sea cadets U-turn and re-form

taken 13 years ago, near to Chelsea, Kensington And Chelsea, England

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Diamond Jubilee Pageant - sea cadets U-turn and re-form
Diamond Jubilee Pageant - sea cadets U-turn and re-form
Sea cadets in 55 Trinity 500 boats with outboard motors carried the flags of the Commonwealth nations. It seemed the organisers needed them to turn back briefly and regroup to get the correct gaps in the pageant after the human-powered boats. This manoeuvre was performed impeccably - shepherded by RIBs and police boats. In this photo they are heading upstream, they soon turned back downstream and resumed their formation as shown in TQ2777 : Diamond Jubilee Pageant - sea cadets with 55 Commonwealth flags.
Diamond Jubilee Pageant

The Diamond Jubilee Thames Pageant was held on the 3rd June 2012 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. It saw over 1000 boats travel the River Thames, between Albert Bridge and Tower Bridge, including the Queen and Royal family on the Spirit of Chartwell barge.

The procession was led by a Belfry boat, followed by man-powered boats led by the royal rowed barge 'Gloriana' LinkExternal link then small Sea Cadet motorboats each carrying a flag of each country from the Commonwealth. The Royal Barge 'Spirit of Chartwell' LinkExternal link followed this, and then many different types of motor boats, starting with historic boats including Dunkirk little boats, services boats such as lifeboats and fireboats, and many pleasure and passenger craft. Between each group were 10 music boats carrying different live bands and choral groups.

A group of tall ships also gathered at Tower Bridge, but did not take part in the procession due to their height and the number of low bridges.

Despite poor weather over 1 million people lined the banks of the River Thames to watch the procession.


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David Hawgood   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 3 June, 2012   (more nearby)
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Monday, 4 June, 2012
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 270 774 [100m precision]
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 271 775
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