As part of the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic, in May 1993, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth reviewed a fleet of warships from several countries, including two from New Zealand.  The British side of the battle was directed from Liverpool, which was the centre of the commemorations and it was off that port that the ships gathered for the review.  On the day Her Majesty reviewed the ships from the Royal Yacht BRITANNIA, the weather was atrocious, with a gale of force 8 blowing gusting to force 9.