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Canadian Submarines Future
As a retired submariner I despair every time I hear negative attitudes from Government and their using the deficits as their excuse. There failure to keep updating the RCN is a crime. The four British Upholder classes that we bought … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, politics, veterans
Tagged aircraft carrier, arms race, battleships, capitol ship, dreadnoughts, Hitler, submarine, U Boats, war
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Recruiting —– Join the Navy and see the World
The Royal Navy was the largest Navy in the world at the beginning of the First World War. See the old photo of the 1916 Grand Fleet assembled for the Kings review at Spithead. The King would sail up and … Continue reading
Today’s Dreadnoughts
At the beginning of the first world war the Royal Navy considered her Dreadnought class battleships to be a great deterrent to war. In fact the dreadnoughts caused the first arms race as other Navies raced to build comparable ships. … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, veterans
Tagged arms race, battleship, deep dives, deterrent, diesel electric submarines, Dread, dreadnought, drown, dry docks, fear, main vents, nuclear submarine, open, ugh
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