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Dits & Bits May 18, 2024 Departure

Bands of braid and golden capsLined the dark Victorian quayTugs bustled off the berthBefore we...

Dits & Bits May 11, 2024 A Submarine Toast

TO THE TUNE OF THE BRITISH GRENADIERS (from an earlier version) Some talk of Sir...

Dits & Bits May 4, 2024 HMS Turbulent Commissioning

One of my contacts is the granddaughter of a sailor who served in the wartime...

News May 4, 2024 HMS Dolphin (1882) bell goes on permanent display in Bath

A bell mounted on two historic brass dolphins from the sloop of war HMS Dolphin...

News May 4, 2024 Caption Competition

Mark Dickens has suggested this photo of him and Paul Robinson taken in HMS Revenge...

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...