´óÏó´«Ã½

HMS Penn in Operation Pedestal (Part 2)

Three ships were hit, the cruiser Nigeria, another light cruiser, the Cairo and the only tanker, the...

Royal Navy through WW2 including: St Nazaire Raid and the Blitz of Plymouth

I returned from leave to be given a draft to M.T.B. 35, which was based at Dover, nicknamed "Hell's...

Stan Foremans War Years 1939-1945 (Part 2)

The following telephone communication - `Navvy` in the charthouse reading depths from the chart and myself...

Stan Foreman's War Years 1939 - 1945 (Part 2 )

The following telephone communication - `Navvy` in the charthouse reading depths from the chart and myself...

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 9, In the Pacific with Nimitz

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 9, In the Pacific with Nimitz. A Destroyer...

REMINISCENCES OF TWO NAVIES

I was however able to leave Churchers College in Petersfield at 16 years of age because I had already...

The Story of My Life’s Ambition to go to Sea and How I Eventually Ended up as an Ex-Sparrow

I cycled to Tilbury Docks from Tottenham, where I lived at the time and called at the mercantile marine...

A Wish come True - Part Two

At the end of the war the Asiatic Pacific Campaign medal and pension was offered to all who had served...

We Just Had to Laugh

INTREPID was lucky; nine destroyers were lost during the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from...

Troopship Journeys

The convoy did lose some ships to German U boats but partial retribution took place when later in 1942 the...

FINED FOR ENLISTING

HE POINTED ACROSS THE WATER TO THREE LORRIES PARKED ON THE DOCK, THEN GAVE US A MAP OF SYDNEY AND TOLD US...

Wartime experiences of Derek Ashcroft extracted from his autobiography part two

She was based at Gareloch on the Clyde and we went on board by train and lorry while the aircraft,...

My First Ship, Memories of it

Cleanliness was something which was drilled into naval personnel and was absolutely essential on small...

IN AT THE BIRTH...........IN AT THE DEATH

Bill Moss, who lives in Middlewich, is my half brother and he served as a Stoker on HMS Prince of Wales,...

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 2, U-Boat contact!

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 2, U-Boat contact. A Destroyer and Aircraft...

My father and Mothers war

Coming up to Jan Mayer Island in a moderate gale with rough seas we were sighted by German aircraft, it...

Mr Robinson

There were children sleeping in doorways dressed in rags and tatters, begging, and the only job I did there...

Round The World With The RNVR (1940-1946) Ch.2

The tanker could still do 8 knots in spite of the hole, and we had a wonderful cruise through the Sargasso...

H.M.S.WATCHMAN - PART ONE

1,100 tons — Length 300 feet — Oil 400 tons — Speed 34 knots — Mean draught...

Collision with S.S. Borthwick

While in the Firth of Forth, off May Island, we were in collision with a merchant vessel, and four ratings...

Captain Kleiss: The Battle of Midway Part Two

Admiral Naguma, in charge of the Japanese carriers, had taken every precaution. No sooner was this...

A Diver(se) War Time Tale (Part Three)

The training base was HMS Appledore in north Devon but before going there I was sent to the submarine base...

PQ18

In view of the enormous industry the Russians moved eastwards away from the German Army and the amazing...

Ron Wallbank's war

Then, in March 1942, the whole of the Beach Signals Unit was moved to Troon, where just outside the town,...

The Altmark Incident

A second shot was fired but Norwegian warships hampered the Navy's efforts to force Altmark out of...

An Experience in 1941

The only things I managed to save was a little cash which I had'nt spent in Gibraltar and a role of...