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Royal Marines WW2 DEMs Gunners
Following the valuable lessons of Defensively Armed Merchant Ships (DAMS) in the First World War, in 1919 the Cabinet approved an...
Si Biggs
Oct 23, 20224 min read
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The Atlantic Memorial Campaign
HRH The Princess Royal becomes Patron of Battle of the Atlantic Memorial campaign The charity behind the campaign to build the UK’s...
Simon Biggs
Aug 26, 20192 min read
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Royal Marines Search for Survivors of the Lakonia Disaster 1963
Royal Marines Bandsman from HMS Centaur search for survivors from the Lakonia Disater which caught fire and sank north of Madeira on 22...
Simon Biggs
Dec 22, 20182 min read
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SS Volturno on Fire, North Atlantic October 1913 #OTD #MaritimeHistory
SS Volturno was an ocean liner that burned and sank in the North Atlantic in October 1913. She was a Royal Line ship under charter to the...
Si Biggs
Oct 9, 20173 min read
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Troopship Queen Mary cuts HMS Curacoa in half 337 Men lost #militaryhistory #OTD
The RMS Queen Mary was used as a troopship throughout World War II and usually crossed the Atlantic without an escort, relying on her...
Si Biggs
Oct 3, 20172 min read
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Leo Gradwell DSC RNVR against orders, led three merchant ships from the disaster of Convoy PQ 17 int
Leo Gradwell DSC was a British barrister, a magistrate and a Second World War Royal Navy volunteer, who in July 1942 against orders, led...
Si Biggs
Sep 21, 20172 min read
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