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Dits & Bits May 4, 2024 Morale in the Submarine Service During WW2

It is often interesting to see how others see us. Henry Taylor is an undergraduate...

Dits & Bits May 4, 2024 Dart Boats

Can you help identify these boats pictured in the river Dart between the wars?

Dits & Bits Apr 26, 2024 Go Forth or Come Forth?

Here is a photo that is puzzling me.  I am fairly certain that it is...

Dits & Bits Apr 26, 2024 Paint Schemes – Call for Assistance

Would you please ask the Friends when boats stopped being painted different colours and the...

Dits & Bits Apr 26, 2024 Seat Cover Culture – who knew?

Those of you with long memories will remember the distinctive upholstery that graced almost every...

Dits & Bits Apr 26, 2024 Postcard from Severomorsk

Our Hon Sec, Justin also volunteers at the NMRN Archive and from time to time...

Dits & Bits Apr 11, 2024 Ship open to visitors (a few at a time!)

Here is an unusual photo sent to me by Nick Wraith. She is obviously open...

Dits & Bits Apr 11, 2024 The Intruder

Back in the day if you went to the cinema you would see two films for...

Dits & Bits Apr 7, 2024 A Nuclear Submariner’s Alphabet (other versions are available)

A: Is the Array, there’s not many spare B: Is the Bunk Space, there’s many...

Dits & Bits Mar 31, 2024 A Bit of a Life by George Osborne 1982 and Dave Osborne 2023

Review by Barrie Downer Born in 1916 and brought up in Manchester George Osborne joined...

News Mar 29, 2024 New Jolly Roger Exhibit

The new Jolly Roger exhibit at the Museum has been opened in time for the Easter Weekend....

Dits & Bits Mar 29, 2024 Surface Torpedo Sight

In the attached photograph of HMS Spiteful you can see in the conning tower a...