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That means going down to HMS Varbel at Port Bannatyne on Bute, and having a trial run at being a diver on...
I was the first newcomer to join the ship, and as such, Arthur, who became a great friend, took me under...
It subsequently transpired that the U-Boat we had sunk was U100, captained by a Lieut.Capt.Schwepke, a...
What is fascinating is how this book brought out the brotherhood of the sea between a German and a British...
On the evening of the next day Harrier had just completed re-fuelling from a tanker in the Kola Inlet, when...
A dozen Stukas attack the mole, and two destroyers and a few trawlers alongside suffer damage. The...
After a short time in the Transit Camp a detachment of Diving Officer, Lt. Park, myself and attendant Jock...
Terrapin left Fremantle for what proved to be her final war patrol on 20 April 1945 and passed northward...
With the advent of bombs and bursts of machine-gun fire from German aircraft strafing the sands, the lines...
The voyage from the UK to Iceland had been this officer's first taste of the sea, and apparently...
Prior to Dunkirk we were in the first and second battle of Narvik and we were also in the evacuation of...
MTB's 81, 242 and 243, although only partly crewed, started up and crept around the harbour, picking up...
Back in Durban, another member of our flotilla had arrived 鈥 鈥淗.M.S. Virago鈥 for repairs...
The U-boat was intercepted and boarded by HMCS Niagara and HMS Burwell, HMS Wastwater assisted with other...
On the 12th, we put to sea from Alexandria with the cruiser HMS Carlisle, two other Hunt-class destroyers,...
On Christmas Day 1941, the Italians took advantage of the festive season to rush us across to Italy in one...
The Aircraft Carrier releases some Hurricane's and they speed away to intercept the Germans but...
Shortly after our arrival a returning force of landing craft close to us was shelled by a German battery...
Hailing us from the beach was Dicky, and we reached him almost without him stepping into the sea again......
No-one seems to have heard of the awful event of 10 December 1941, when HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse...
All the girls told us we were going to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. After about ten days steaming Westward we...
Out of the morning mist appeared a destroyer escorting a cross channel steamer the S.S.Malines which tied...
HMS Electra had struck our shipside just forward of my cabin, and the forward bulkhead of my cabin had been...
We, the crew of LCVP 1028, i.e. coxwain Pony Moore, stoker/driver Arthur, deck hand Rohmey and me, were on...
A true eyewitness account by Philip Munro of the loss of the cruisers 鈥淒orsetshire鈥 and...
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