Dits & Bits Dec 8, 2023 DIY Snorting

This letter from the NMRN archive describes how D’Oyly-Hughes in E35 adopted an ad hoc...

Dits & Bits Dec 2, 2023 Recent Museum Acquisitions

The NMRN collection of submarine artefacts and photos continues to grow. Miniature Jolly Roger of...

News Nov 26, 2023 Happy Birthday Mike!

Michael Tibbs OBE celebrated his 102nd birthday by visiting the museum on 25 November accompanied...

Dits & Bits Nov 25, 2023 Home is the Hunter – with an engineering challenge

I was very sorry to read Rob Stevens’ report of the loss of Andy Johnson...

Dits & Bits Nov 17, 2023 The Saga of HM Submarine TIPTOE

Vic writes: Please find attached the Saga of Tiptoe during my time on her 1964...

Dits & Bits Nov 9, 2023 Andy Johnson Remembered

In July 1977 I was lucky enough to join Superb as the Jimmy in a...

Dits & Bits Nov 9, 2023 La cartolina

Here is an Italian propaganda postcard from 1943 portraying apparently unsustainable allied shipping losses in...

Dits & Bits Nov 9, 2023 Shutting Down – La Spezia style

Valiant’s visit to La Spezia in about 1974 was noteworthy in that it was the...

Dits & Bits Nov 3, 2023 The Submarine Under the Park: Who, How and Why?

For those tiring of this particular subject, I promise that I am almost done and...

Dits & Bits Nov 2, 2023 Roger Venables Remembered

Following the sad news of the passing of Captain Roger Venables RN we have had...

News Nov 2, 2023 Christmas Cards No Longer on Sale!

Sales now closed for 2123 but 2024 is only a while away!

Dits & Bits Oct 26, 2023 Operation Kendal

 HMS OTTER in 1965, was a most spirited submarine. Able led by the kindly lion...