Governor Lord Martonmere - 1972 Goodbye & Departure on Romay II ~ Filmed from the Bank of Bermuda

On August 18th, 1972, Governor Lord Martonmere said goodbye to Bermuda after 8 years in office.
Filmed from both the main Banking Hall of the Bank of Bermuda and also a higher floor, the ceremony was held at Albouy's Point, Hamilton.
Invited guests, dignitaries, the Bermuda Regiment and H.M.S Plymouth (F126), were all in place when the Governor and Lady Martonmere arrived at 11am.
Remarks by Government Leader Sir Edward Richards were followed by official guests saying a personal farewell to Lord and Lady Martonmere.
Other dignitaries included: Mayor Graham Gibbons, Commodore C. Rushy (Senior Naval Officer West Indies) and Lieut-Colonel Michael Darling, Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment.
After inspection of the Honor Guard, the Bermuda Regiment, led by Captian Eugene Raynor, and its band, directed by Lieutenant Horace Gibbons, joined the crowds with 3 cheers for the departing Governor as he boarded his yacht "Romay II" which has the City of Hamilton flag displayed alongside.
The Governor is waving his swan feather plumed hat goodbye for the short trip to H.M.S. Plymouth which will take them to their retirement in the Bahamas.
You can see the smoke from the 17 gun salute from H.M.S. Plymouth that concluded the ceremony.
"God bless you all. Long live Bermuda"
Lord Martonmere was succeeded as Governor of Bermuda, by Sir Richard Sharples who was assassinated in 1973.

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I was skipper of the Romay for Martonmere 1973/74. I joined her in Fort Lauderdale and took her over to Lyford Key, Nassau where Martonmere had a fabulous winter house, and then I drove her back to Miami, up the ICW to Jacksonville for some refit work (she was built at Huckins, Jacksonville) and then across to Bermuda where we moored permanently at the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. She was a sweet boat, based on the MTB hull, but not designed for offshore passages - you can guess how she slammed in a headwind on that crossing. I left her to study naval architecture at Southampton University. It was a real surprise to come across this video - brought back some old memories - thanks for posting!!