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Captain Frederic John Walker: History and Early Years Part Two

The following story by Terence Robertson is out of copyright and appears courtesy of and with thanks to...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Nearly A Failure

IN the years between his arrival at Dartmouth as a boy and the receipt of his orders to proceed to China,...

Captain Frederic John Walker: War Command

Ordinary Seaman Timothy had been selected as a candidate for a commission in the RNVR and had been sent to...

Captain Frederic John Walker: War Command Part Two

The following story by Terence Robertson is out of copyright and appears courtesy of and with thanks to...

Captain Frederic John Walker: The First Clash

Ordering the destroyers Exmoor, Blankney and Stanley, and the corvette Penstemon, which was nearest to the...

Captain Frederic John Walker: U Boat Killer

With five prisoners aboard, Walker proceeded to search for Stanley's survivors with extra look-outs and...

Captain Frederic John Walker: U Boat Killer Part Two

Eventually, Walker called off the attack, classified it as a “probable kill” and stationed...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Splice The Mainbrace

On landing at Liverpool, Walker learned that Stork was to be ready for sea ahead of schedule and, after...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Splice The Mainbrace Part Two

The following story by Terence Robertson is out of copyright and appears courtesy of and with thanks to...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Splice The Mainbrace Part Three

Most captains at that time would have taken the safer, and in many ways the sounder, course of staying with...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Splice The Mainbrace Part Four

The following story by Terence Robertson is out of copyright and appears courtesy of and with thanks to...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Mission To "Chop" Part Two

Keeping wondering eyes on this magical transformation of jumbled confusion of scrap metal into the...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Blockade

When Linder took U-202 to sea next day, he did not know he was in the van of a determined German effort...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Blockade Part Two

During Starling's working-up trials, Walker had devised a depth-charge barrage attack for use against...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Creeping Attack

With one U-boat already making her last plunge to the bottom, another less than a mile away being given a...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Creeping Attack Part Two

Walker signalled the Group his now familiar “splice the mainbrace” and detached Kite to escort...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Hoist General Chase

A biting signal from Walker to Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth about the beauties of air-sea co-operation,...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Hoist General Chase Part Two

Walker commenced his sweep steering westwards in the belief that the U-boat would continue on her passage...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Secret Weapons

No mention was made of the tragic blow under which Captain and Mrs. Walker were suffering until someone,...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Secret Weapons Part Two

He spread more than a hundred U-boats across the Atlantic, some to cut the smaller supply arteries off Rio...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Chase Me Charlie

The following story by Terence Robertson is out of copyright and appears courtesy of and with thanks to...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Attack Before Breakfast

Commander D. S. McGrath, captain of Tracker, reported to Walker by R/T: “Many thanks for your help...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Attack Before Breakfast Part Two

Walker's name had, in fact, been a byword in the United States Atlantic Fleet for some time, and the...

Captain Frederic John Walker: Under Repairs

When forwarding this Report to the Admiralty, Admiral Sir Max Horton sent a covering letter saying:...

Captain Frederic John Walker: The Nelson Touch

In Starling, Alan Burn had exercised his guns crews, Woodpecker had carried out depth charge drill, and in...

Captain Frederic John Walker: The Nelson Touch Part Two

Wild Goose's first depth charge attack at shallow settings drove the U-boat deep and, by the time...

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