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Dits & Bits Feb 21, 2025 Secrets of the Deep

This article has been written and submitted by a member – Dr Robert Lyman MBE...

Dits & Bits Feb 16, 2025 The All Round Look

For those interested in more detailed history read the paper in British Submarine Warfare Equipment...

Dits & Bits Feb 16, 2025 Singapore Remembered

Lt.Cdr. Jeremy (Jum) Daniel recently passed away For those readers who were not even a...

Dits & Bits Feb 8, 2025 Around the world for a bottle of Scotch

In ’67 I left my first boat, Auriga, in SM7 & flew back to the...

Dits & Bits Feb 3, 2025 Laid Up

In a corner of a harbour, on the edges of the seaForlorn and dejected, in...

Dits & Bits Jan 31, 2025 The WW2 Allied Submarine Campaign in the Mediterranean

We are grateful to Dan Conley for this excellent summary of the WW2 submarine campaign...

Dits & Bits Jan 25, 2025 Captain Richard Farnfield – Remembered

Richard Farnfield passed away on 16 January 2025. From Will Corbett Capt. Farnfield was my...

Dits & Bits Jan 25, 2025 Rear Admiral Martin Wemyss – Remembered

We are grateful to Rob Forsyth for the addition of Rear Admiral Martin Wemyss’ memoir...

Dits & Bits Jan 18, 2025 Call for Assistance – Miss Sceptre

The Imperial War Museum has a number of photos from Sceptre’s second commission featuring Miss...

Dits & Bits Jan 18, 2025 Decommissioning

Cotter the vents, let there be no diving.Switch off hydraulics, no periscopes rising.Disobey telegraphs, no...

Dits & Bits Jan 10, 2025 Call for Assistance – T Class Propulsion

When the T’s were stretched (e.g. TABARD), they were extended by 20ft, enabling an additional...

News Jan 10, 2025 Museum – Latest Acquisitions

The Museum has made a couple of acquisitions recently. Apologies for the small size of...