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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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The Submarine is Born.
Its a little ironic that I chose 2nd October 2015, as the day to write about the Canadian submarine HMCS Windsor. If I’d been more alert I would have realized this particular date had a much more important significance for … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, veterans
Tagged attack boats, boomers, deterrents, diesel electric, Midget Submarines, nuclear, stealth weapons, U Boats
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Irish Ingenuity
Who invented the worlds first successful submarine. Some would argue it was the Confederate Navy during the Civil War. They did indeed operate the submarine Hunley and sank a US blockade ship, unfortunately the submarine sank in the same attack. … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, military, veterans
Tagged Aircraft Carriers, capitol ships dreadnoughts, holland boats, hunley, nuclear missile boats, Submarines, U Boats, war
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Is Big Better????
I’m quite amazed at the size of the Royal Navy’s new Aircraft Carrier,(HMS Queen Elizabeth) to date the biggest ship ever built for the Royal Navy. I’m not an expert on carriers, indeed I only ever sailed in one way … Continue reading
Posted in HM Submarines, Uncategorized, veterans
Tagged aircraft carrier, Ark Royal, Billions of Pounds, Canada, escorts, GBP's, no worries eh, RCN, royal navy, sink.sank, Submarines, sunk, torpedos, U Boats
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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
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