S.567B: A compiled binder of Royal Navy and South African Navy engineering defect & incident reports

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S.567B

S.567B was a Royal Navy form designation, commonly used for:
Technical defect reports
Incident investigation reports
Ordnance / engineering reports
Stores and mechanical failure records
These were normally compiled into bound volumes aboard ships or in dockyard offices.
The printer at the bottom ( LPA Co. Ltd.) suggests a British Admiralty contractor.
Contents include:
HMS Lagos, Malta (28 May 1949)
A typed naval engineering report
From H.M.S. Lagos (a Battle-class destroyer)
To the commanding officer
On the Failure of the Elevating V.S.G. Engine of B turret
during fleet firing practice on 26 May 1949
This is a classic internal gunnery defect report.
S.A.S. President Pretorius, 1965
A South African Navy report (SAS President Pretorius an ex-Royal Navy Loch-class frigate renamed in South African service)
Report title:
Flooding of T.A.S. Store and Sonar 177 Directing Gear Space 22nd March 1965
Submitted by the Squadron Ordnance Engineer Officer
Simonstown naval base (South Africa)

A compiled binder of:
Royal Navy and South African Navy engineering defect & incident reports,
These would normally be:
Used for technical reference
Shared between squadrons
Archived in engineering offices
Not intended for general publication
They are often rare, because most were discarded or kept only in naval archives.
Historical context
HMS Lagos served in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
SAS President Pretorius served after being transferred from the RN.
The mix of RN and SAN material suggests this binder was kept by a dockyard engineer or ordnance officer connected to both serviceslikely at Simonstown, which was a shared RN/SAN base until 1957.

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