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On 22nd August 1939, I was appointed to HMS ANTELOPE as Navigating Officer under the command of Lieutenant...

A TRIP TO NORTH AFRICA

WORLD WAR TWO

After doing a three year stint in the Mediterranean Sea on the ships HMS Griffin destroyer, HMS Flamingo a...

H.M.S. Malcolm in action at Algiers

And we took on a list and turned away with clouds of sparks pouring from the funnel, three of our four...

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 3, Collision!

A Destroyer and Aircraft Carrier at War by Jack Taylor Chapter 3, Collision. From Immingham we made our way...

HM "Europa"

One day on the way out to May Island where we did most of our sea training, we passed a sunken trawler...

A life on the ocean waves- 1943-1946

While patrolling from there to Finisterre we had to go into Lisbon to pick up the crew of a U-boat. Going...

Proud to wear the Burma Star

After 10 weeks initial training, I was moved to Stockheath, in the South of England and then to HMS Foliot...

"MY WAR YEARS WITH THE ADMIRALTY"

Later I was posted to the Naval Armament Depot at Naples, just before the invasion of Southern France....

Wartime experiences in the Royal Navy - Part Two

So we walked from Hove to Brighton for our meals and the Victoria Hotel here, the Navy had that. HMS...

My Journeys on the Merchant Convoys

Maiden Voyage I remember leaving the Tyne on S.S. Empire Cowper, which contained aircraft and 500 pound...

The Sinking of the Efos.

One such occasion came about in February 1940 when the war was in its infancy and Alan was on watch aboard...

Naval Service

What Happened Next Final Chapters

On 21st July, transferred to H.M.S/M Osiris, a much bigger, more modern operational boat, with a crew of...

CONVOY ON153

The Wolf Pack,RAUFBOLD sighted our convoy on the 15th December 1942 and consisted of 13 U-boats,the...

One Man's War -Part 25: March 21, 1945 -- May 26, 1945 Part Three

In a matter of a few minutes a destroyer, the USS Lardner that was part of the carrier screen, came slowly...

Wartime memories of an Able Seaman - Part Three - Member of a special party posted to HMS Hasbrudal, North Africa in 1942. Posti

But what I noticed about Kiel, you know these Jewish refugees, as we were Harbour Masters, you could go on...

Memories of D-Day in RAF Air-Sea rescue

D Day, I was based mostly on the South Coast of England, various places, depending where the action was,...

Happy reunion with warship stowaway

How the Rees family spent the war IN last week's column I told the story of young Einon Rees who...

A trip at sea

On arrival the lorries and extra guns were removed and replaced with Coal dust for Algiers and Depth...

A short history of HMS Tenby - Part 1 - The Tenby goes to war

The Bangor was also part on the 9th Minesweeping Flotilla. The Tenby was first allocated to the 14th...

The J34 — A short history of HMS Tenby - Part 1 - The Tenby goes to war

The Bangor was also part on the 9th Minesweeping Flotilla. The Tenby was first allocated to the 14th...

A Wish Come True - Part Three

I am not speaking of such enemy they met, nor of the difficulties they overcome, nor of the long periods at...

H.V Goodship's Life During the World War 2 Years

Before joining the Royal Navy, but after the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, the L.D.V. — Land Defence...

Royal Navy LCG(L)1

As we progressed we came to Le Havre, where the Germans were hauled up of a night time, and we had what...

One Man's War -Part 20: February 11, -- March 10, 1945 Part Two

In addition, as the plane leaves the flight deck it has about forty feet to fall before hitting the water,...