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Book Review: War in a String Bag

Francis, Richard · Jun 9, 2002 ·

Title: War in a String Bag – Autobiography of WW2 Fleet Air Arm Pilot Charles Lamb Author: Charles Lamb Publisher: Cassell ISBN:0 -304-35841-X This is an autobiographical account of Charles Lamb’s exploits in ...

Letters: Beattie of the St Nazaire raid

Letter Writer · Jun 1, 1999 ·

A small point that may be of interest to your readers (St Nazaire – The Greatest Commando Raid of WW II) is that Lieutenant Commander (as he then was) Beattie ...

Letters: Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Stevens, Errol · Mar 1, 1999 ·

Most of our readers will have been aware that the Queen unveiled the huge re-gilded statue of both her and her husband’s great-great-grandfather, Prince Albert, in London in October 1998. ...

Letters – Royal Navy Trawlers

Letter Writer · Jun 27, 1998 ·

I noticed in a past issue some correspondence from member J. Simm, J.P. regarding RN trawlers named after the cricketers `Bradman’ and ‘Hammond’. There were a number of trawlers so ...

Harmony at Sea

A.N. Other · Dec 26, 1996 ·

A copy of an unidentified magazine article came to our notice some weeks ago. It was headed “The Royal Navy”, and dealt with many facets of that Service in a ...

Book Review: Corvettes – Little Ships for Big Men

William F. Cook, MVO, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Sep 27, 1996 ·

Title: “Corvettes – Little Ships for Big Men” Author: Frank B. Walker Published by: Kingfisher Press, 177 Sunrise Avenue, Budgewoi, NSW. 2262 The headlines on the fly sheet, “This story ...

Book Review: Where the Hell is Africa?

William F. Cook, MVO, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Jun 24, 1996 ·

Title: “Where the Hell is Africa?” Author: Philip Seymour Publisher: self-published “The Laws of the Navy”, a collection of verses reminiscent of Rudyard Kipling’s “Laws of the Jungle”, was written around ...

Submarine Sinks Battleship – Holbrook VC

Weston, Bert E. · Mar 2, 1996 ·

Commander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC, who won the first Victoria Cross to be gazetted in the Royal Navy in WWI, for his exploit in sinking the Turkish battleship MESSOUDIEH, inside the Sea ...

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Japanese Surrender Signals – USN/RN

William F. Cook, MVO, Captain, RAN (Rtd) · Sep 1, 1995 ·

Those of us who were serving in the armed forces will remember the enormous sense of relief and sheer joy occasioned by the news of the Japanese surrender and the ...

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McConnochie – History of a Family’s RN Service 1845-1980

McConnochie, Ian, Lt Cdr, RAN · Sep 12, 1993 ·

I recently gave custody of the Service Documents of my paternal great grandfather, grandfather, maternal grandfather and father, to the Naval Historical Society so that interested persons could view them ...

Book Review: Mutiny on the Bounty

Book reviewer · Dec 11, 1991 ·

The Story of Captain William Bligh, seaman, navigator, surveyor and of the BOUNTY mutineers State Library of New South Wales 1991, Five authors, plates in col & b&w, Ind, 104 ...

British Destroyer Losses in WW II

Hill, Roger, DSq DSC, Lieut Cdr, RN (Ret.) · Mar 15, 1990 ·

British Destroyer losses  – Royal Navy Ships only Blanche 13.11.39 Mined in Thames estuary by acoustic mine Gipsy 21.11.39 Mined off Harwich by acoustic mine. Duchess 12.12.39 Rammed and sunk ...

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Table of Equivalent Ranks

A.N. Other · Dec 19, 1989 ·

KRIEGSMARINE UNITED STATES NAVY ROYAL NAVY Grossadmiral  –  – Generaladmiral Fleet Admiral Admiral of the Fleet Admiral Admiral Admiral Vizeadmiral Vice Admiral Vice-Admiral Konteradmiral Rear Admiral Rear-Admiral Kommodore Commodore Commodore ...

Success & Failure – The Story of the Torpedo Gunboat

Kurumba · Mar 25, 1981 ·

ORIGINALLY THERE WERE THIRTY-THREE BUILT, comprising five classes in all. They were the torpedo gunboats of the Royal Navy, a smaller but faster variant of the traditional cruiser, but capable ...

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Occasional Paper 147: The State Funeral Gun Carriage

NHSA Webmaster · Mar 19, 1981 ·

By Harry Adlam While watching the television coverage of the funeral of the late Lord Louis Mountbatten of Burma a question arose in my mind. Why were the men of ...

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The Solent Review – 1909

A.N. Other · Mar 19, 1977 ·

Alphabetical List Of British Warships Reviewed by the King in the Solent, 1909. 1 H.M.S. Achilles Armoured Cruiser 13,550 tons Comdr. Wm. C.M. NICHOLSON 2 H.M.S. Adventure Scout 2,670 tons ...

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