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News Jul 26, 2024 The Kylesku Memorial – update

From Tim Honnor, Project Manager I have pleasure in giving you a short update on...

News Jul 13, 2024 New CEO for the Museum

Sir Philip Jones, NMRN Chairman, writes:

Dits & Bits Jul 13, 2024 Families Day

There is a certain amount of nostalgia for “the good old days”. I attach a...

Dits & Bits Jul 13, 2024 Thetis Telegram

Receiving this telegram must have been a horrendous experience especially as it was peacetime.

Dits & Bits Jul 7, 2024 Four inch fun

During the confrontation with Indonesia in 1964 it was decided to put the guns back...

Dits & Bits Jul 4, 2024 Perisher Poetry

A ship is attacking, there’s a helo overheadNavigation threatens peril, is the mission dead?Sleep’s another...

News Jun 30, 2024 Down to the Sea in Submarines

Dan Conley’s new book – Down to the Sea in Submarines – has been published...

Dits & Bits Jun 23, 2024 Martin Macpherson Remembered

A page for recollections of Commodore Martin Macpherson OBE From David Parry Martin’s Lament History...

Dits & Bits Jun 19, 2024 BOAT FEVER (Apologies to John Masefield)

I must go down to a boat again, to the quiet of the ocean deep,And...

Dits & Bits Jun 8, 2024 Hong Kong 1938

I found it on the now closed World Naval Ships Forum. The photo was posted...

News Jun 8, 2024 Friends AGM 2024

REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED FOR THE 2024 AGM It’s that time of year again and we...

Dits & Bits May 18, 2024 Departure

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