In my separate writing re that incident, how three British destroyers H.M.S. Saumarez, H.M.S. Volage and...
Two Petty Officers each with a Lanchester sten gun were briefed by Chief Gunnery Instructor to be a shore...
This time, mid September 1945, H.M.S Volage was deployed as escort to the battleship H.M.S. Nelson flying...
Back to dehydrated veg, still a tea urn always swinging by cord from deck head. Monopoly, Uckers, Crown and...
A chit came into our hut summoning me to be part of a guard, of a Petty Officer and another rating, to...
Jock, Eric, Ginger John and myself chose to go to a guest farm at Nottingham Road near Petermarizburgh, a...
A smile on everyone of the ship's company as we unshackle from our buoy in Trincomalee harbour, bound...
A smile on everyone of the ship's company as we unshackle from our buoy in Trincomalee harbour, bound...
A week earlier HMS Volage had been involved with an engagement at the Andaman Isle, Indian Ocean, with a...
A week earlier HMS Volage had been involved with an engagement at the Andaman Isle, Indian Ocean, with a...
The Operation Force 70 were destroyers of the 26 Flotilla — Saumarez, Volage, Rapid — which had...
On another operation with destroyers Saumarez, Rapid plus Volage, we made a reconnaissance around North...
HMS Volage Destroyer 1800 tons entered Colombo Harbour Ceylon in the forenoon, having sailed from Greenock...
First to Colombo entered harbour to tie up to HMS Glasgow; heavy cruiser, a heavy swell at turn of tide...
Sixty years on, I have learnt that Bletchley Park, having broken the German naval codes via Ultra, diverted...
The duties of a destroyer with the convoy or fleet varied between being out on the horizon away on...
Ourselves, Volage's ships company, stood down from action stations which meant I, along with other crew...
As duty destroyer HMS Volage had been on standby at half hours, steaming notice for the last twelve hours,...
Early August, bagpipes ashore special sea duty men, HMS Volage along with other destroyers first out of...
Having cleared the Firth of Forth early morning, H.M.S. Volage, a destroyer, having had a boiler clean at...
Destroyer out of the harbour of Scapa Flow, Flotilla entrance, a controlled asdic sweep for U boats before...
HMS Wizard also on working up trials, with depth charge crews closed, had order to proceed back in to Scapa...
Morning came, Special Duty men piped, anchors weighed, proceeded through Needles Channel, past Portland...
Stamshaw my next posting for gunnery training pre joining HMS Volage a Destroyer, building at Samuel...
Orders were to report to naval duty Petty Officer at Pier Hotel, another lengthy walk with kit P.O....
Joining the Royal Navy on July 23rd 1943 at HMS Collingwood, Fareham, Hants a training camp for ten weeks....
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