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Corvette commander on North Atlantic anti submarine duty - part 3

The first of the two submarines sunk by the groups to which Kenilworth Castle was attached was in the North...

Malta Convoy - Chapter 4

The Manchester was down by the stern, indeed almost submerged aft; the forepeak was high, almost clear of...

Autobiographical Highlights

Back to Scotland and Naval routine and within a year I was on draft, to Birkenhead, where the aircraft...

Secret Operations: HMS Minna in the Mediterranean

At the time I was working with the Base A/S Staff and the Officer in charge told me to go along to...

Home Fires

My brother George Sims met an old shipmate on London Bridge Station quite by chance and they got together...

John's War

I had left school and was back in London living with my grandparents at 1 Hyde Park Street, Paddington,...

Bill Sanderson's Wartime Experiences -Part 3 - Convoys and Bombs

He was called 鈥楻ocky鈥� because his family made rock on the sea front at Scarborough. HMS...

Voyage Home from Singapore - 1939, Part 2 "The Recollections"

H.M.S. Hardy was the Flotilla Leader of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla of 鈥淗鈥� Class ships. The anti...

His Majesties Motor Gun Boat No. 21 part 1

Having found my quarry, which luckily was tied up directly alongside the jetty, saving me from hopping from...

My Life My War - Chapter 7a

All boats were hoisted inboard, all booms and ladders were recovered and secured, cable parties took their...

War Year Memoirs -Part 3

The rest period at H.M.S. Asbury was soon negated by the poor conditions and rough weather, so it was with...

Fred's Wartime Memories

On board were the Captain,2 Chief Petty Officer Engineers, a Chief Petty Officer Seaman, one British stoker...

Fred Albins' War

As I was walking out I said I'd been working on the water for some time, and he said we're looking...

Mr Mackinnons War

Then again there was this great puzzle, our rulers who had consistently supported Hitler and his kind in...

Forever Young

Antwerp is a big port, lots of ships in those times, so one morning a P.O. comes aboard, he's looking...

My Life My War - Chapter 13c

It was also part of the patrol's duty to work in conjunction with the local police and to walk around...

HMS Eagle

The crippled destroyer was the 'Wolverine' who with 'Kepple' had been escorting the...

A "Bolshie" Royal Naval Reservist (2)

On one occasion when we were practising wet landings prior to the proposed invasion of Leros, Samos and Kos...

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 2 of 4

They used to combine high level bombing by the Italians with low-level dive-bombing by the Germans... It...

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 3 of 4

Many of our ships were sunk including cruisers and one of our old carriers was sunk off Ceylon...

My Life My War - Chapter 9a

The Italians were now standing firm, we, and HMS Valiant,and HMS Barham, the Monitor HMS Terror, three...

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 1 of 4

After two days on the Iron Duke waiting for transfer to the Ark Royal a German submarine got through the...

HMS Barham: Repairs at Durban

HMS Barham 鈥� Repairs in Durban....

The Sea in My Veins (Part 1 of 3)

My father had already transferred from the Merchant Navy to the Royal Naval Reserve. In 1942 I was one of a...

A Letter Home

One thing that stands out in my mind was, when we arrived at H.M.S. Saker 11, a Chief Petty Officer asked...

Charioteer Mark One - 2

So I remained on Tites, and spent my time helping other divers into and out of their suits, filling and...