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Grappling Iron

There wasn't any further bother, and only a few miles away there was an American L.S.T. waiting for us,...

HMS Barham - Scapa Flow: June - July, 1940

En route to Scapa Flow, Barham had a disastrous collision with HMS Duchess and was later torpedoed off the...

Sinking of the Bismark by W.R.Downing

Throughout the day the Cruisers "Suffolk" and "Norfolk" and the "Prince of Wales"...

H.M.S CENTURION

Aden was left behind the next day and course set through the Red Sea for Port Tewfick arriving there on...

HMS Barham 鈥� Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, 1940: Part 3

6th November, 1940: On or around this date Barham sailed to Malta along with HMS Berwick, and HMS Glasgow...

The Skirl o' the Pipes: Onboard HMS Wallace

The result was that on leaving or entering harbour we would get an unofficial greeting from a Piper...

Papa's War Story

The Canadians ran amok with the barrels of wine floating in the harbour and they managed to get one on...

The Schoolmaster's Surprise

I first served as a stoker in the Tribal Class destroyer HMS Afridi which was bombed and sunk in the first...

We Went to War in a Paddle Minesweeper

We had a mixed crew of seamen, some RN pensioners, some Hull deep-sea fishermen and one active service...

A Slice of Autobiography (1939 to 1946) 鈥� Part 6

We called at Esquimault, a small Canadian Base; at Hawaii, free from tourism on Waikiki beach, and still...

The Ship That Never Was

The convoy was attaked throughout days 13 and 14, On the 14th of June the Italian fleet was reported to be...

HMS Sirius and Seven Invasions

The invasion went very well because many of the French in N. Africa were prepared to fight the Germans. The...

My War - The Contrast.

Things were very quiet for the first six months of the war and I remember when some German aircraft came...

The Sinking of the HMT Britannia

The passengers were a mixed bunch male and female, naval officers and ratings, army officers and nurses,...

Operation Husky: HMLCG(L) 14 and the Invasion of Sicily

On Sunday June 20th we left Gibraltar and headed out to the North African Port of Djedjelli, where we...

Action South of Ploca Point

We endeavoured to intercept and engage the enemy by steering a South South Easterly course between...

My Story -HMS Kipling

The drafting Master at Arms called my name from the Southampton Ships Company and an Able Seaman from...

The Sinking of HMS Curacao by the Queen Mary

Queen Mary going strong at approx 20 knots 鈥淐uracao鈥� I could see no sign, I immediately...

HMS Barham - Period Between Bardia and Matapan

HMS Barham 鈥� Period Between Bardia and Matapan, 1941....

The Dieppe Raid

I saw the German fighter bomber dive and the bomb go under the bow of HMS Berkley. The Canadians were...

'Came the Hour' part 2

I had never been sea-sick before and ended up on the wireless cabin deck bemoaning my fate and coming to...

On Board the Nelson

One of the oddities of hierarchy in the Navy was that in with the Midshipmen aged 17 and 18 were wartime,...

Two Days Before Dunkirk

We arrived at a jetty alongside the railway station at Boulogne in the early forenoon and were receiving...

HMS Belfast and the Tirpitz

We put to sea at 1110 and with us is the 鈥淒uke of York鈥� flying Admiral Fraser's flag,...

The Normandy Landings, 6 June 1944: Royal Marines

He is now 90 years of age and is one of the twindling number of survivors who landed on the Normandy...

Boys at War

The next draft of boys for Shotley, the boys entry point for the Royal Navy, situated near Harwich in...