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Offensive actions of the British MTB 439, MTB 441, MTB 443, MTB 444 and MTB 455 were spotted by German...

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Prior to reaching Cape Town the ships newsheet announced Montgomery had launched his offensive against the...

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1943/4 HMS Vega East Coast Convoys, qualified as Petty Officer AA2 Whale Island. Took passage to Colombo on...

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When all was satisfactory and the Captain had given his approval we steamed off to Malta, Italy and the 8th...

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During the war the carrying of molasses was largely replaced by cargoes of oil and petroleum.In my diary...

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Captain Morden was allowed to go up onto the conning tower of the U-boat and, unbeknown to him, was...

I Joined the Navy to See the Sea!icon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

I was then drafted to H.M.S. Furious an Aircraft Carrier operating in the home fleet serving in Destroyers...

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They sent a second signal, and then a Wren Officer came across in a small launch, with a Wren Coxswain. The...

Retrieving the Enigma code booksicon for Recommended story

The men who were lost when the submarine sank, Lieutenant Anthony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier,...

Look before you Leapicon for Recommended story

During 1940-41, I served with the battleship HMS Revenge on convoy escort duties to and from Halifax, Nova...

The Charioteersicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

I was a charioteer based in HMS Phoenix, which was a ‘stone-walled frigate’ dug out of the...

My Brother with the RN on D-Day and Aftericon for Recommended story

The compliment of his craft was 2 Stokers;2 Seamen; one L/H seaman and a Coxswain Petty Officer Willey...

Service on HMS ‘Taku’icon for Recommended story

The Lincolnshire town of Spalding collected £3,560 during Warships Week in 1942 and bought HMS Taku...

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On the 25th of August he sailed with the Grenville accompanied by the Canadian destroyer Athabaskan to join...

D-Day as Seen from the Navy: LCT's and DD Tanksicon for Recommended story

The plan was to launch them some miles off the beach at H-50 to arrive on the beach at H hour as...

A Coincidence of Waricon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

Crossing the Atlantic it sailed round the north of Scotland to anchor in the Methil Roads in the Firth of...

Peter Harvey's D-Day: HMS Trackericon for Recommended story

D-Day minus 3 night time and I was on my bunk asleep. I was woken by an horrendous noise and shudder. D-Day...

My Grandad, a Survivor: Onboard HMS Herewardicon for Recommended story

In 1939 War broke out, and Able Seaman Bowman was one of the crew of a Royal Naval destroyer, escorting...

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My grandfather Robert Kirk Dickson joined the Royal Navy as midshipmen in 1911 with his brother Archie......

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