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Join the Navy and see the World
I loved my time in the Navy and would be the last person to ever run it down. However, today’s young sailors need to understand the navy is not a nine to five job! Sometimes, sailors go to sea, sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, veterans
Tagged life at sea, overseas, Royal canadian navy, royal navy, See the World, six months is nothing
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V-E Day
Winston Churchill waves to crowds in Whitehall on the day he broadcast to the nation the war with Germany was over. Victory in Europe Day—known as V-E Day or VE Day—was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (in … Continue reading
On This Special Day
Today is the day we commemorate the “Battle of the Atlantic”. When I go to church today I shall look forward to making mention in memory to those who gave their lives on the dangerous convoy routes of the North … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, HMS Cockade, hms ganges, military, The Royal Navy & Me, Uncategorized, veterans
Tagged Ark Royal, Battle of the Atlantic, Bismarck.Hood, Churchill, farmers and suppliers, Hitler, Merchants Navies, Royal canadian navy, royal navy, sailors, the peple of the British Isles, U Boats
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More Battle of the Atlantic.
Around 2000 Hollywood produced a fictional movie tale about disguised American submariners boarding a German U Boat to obtain a secret Enigma coding machine. The movie title was “U 571” a very gripping and exciting movie, but that was all … Continue reading
My Famous New Fan Club
What a great idea to create a fan club!!! My very first fan has been enrolled and will qualify for all the many Fan Club Benefits. No charge to join, just offer high praise of my books on a monthly … Continue reading
The Late Sir Winston Churchill
CHURCHILL ON ISLAM Unbelievable, but the speech below was written in 1899… “How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there … Continue reading
More Battle of the Atlantic
As we draw closer to the first Sunday in May, the date we remember the Battle of the Atlantic, I’d like to share a few memories of those dreadful times. I grew up living in Belfast and London and both … Continue reading
Battle of the Atlantic
Sunday the 6th May 2012 (First Sunday in May) is Battle of the Atlantic Sunday. The one day in the year we make special mention of this Battle. It began on the 3rd Sept 1939 and ended 8th May 1945. … Continue reading
HMC/SM Cornerbrook
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3n0jz8TWEM – Rare footage of one of our submarines actually in the water. Since the Canadian purchase of the four British built Upholder class submarines, we have had nothing but problems. In the approx 15 years we have owned these … Continue reading
Through the Periscope
If Nelson was in Canadian waters and had his blind eye to the periscope, he would say “I see no Canadian submarines”. In fact, if he had used his good eye would have said the same thing. Oh Dear me, … Continue reading
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