I have just received my ever welcome and informative copy of the Review. The article by Graeme Lunn, detailing HMS Hood’s cruise to Australia, reminded me of my father’s visit ...
HMS Hood
HMS Hood and the Special Service Squadron in Australia 20 February 1924 to 20 April 1924
By Graeme Lunn John Brown and Company laid down the keel for a battlecruiser in September 1916 that would become the Royal Navy’s epitome of firepower, speed and grace during ...
The Special Service Squadron – An episode in the peacetime history of theRoyal Navy 1923-1924
Rohan Goyne The ‘World Cruise’ of a special service squadron of the Royal Navy was an inter-war episode of flag waving across the world’s oceans from arguably a declining world ...
Steam Picket Boats: Some Reminiscences
In the last (September 2015) edition of this magazine we asked Leyland Wilkinson, the author of a Letter to the Editor on Picket Boats if he might favour us with ...
RANVR – The Forgotten Few
Service in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1940 – 1946
The chase and sinking of the ‘Bismarck’
HMS Hood Memorial
Memorials to the loss of naval ships in UK are seldom seen but there is one of world-wide interest. The old Parish Church of Boldre, the building of which commenced ...
Letters: Convoy to Suez – 1941
I am writing in connection with Mr Hilton’s enquiry in “Navy News” May number of the convoy to Suez which left the Clyde on 22nd May 1941. This was convoy WS ...