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News May 25, 2025 HMS STERLET remembered

HMS STERLET was noted overdue on 27 April 1940 and subsequently reported as lost with...

Dits & Bits May 23, 2025 Perisher Attack

Start the watch, begin the attack,Weeks of training, you have the knack.Hull-down, masts against the...

News May 1, 2025 Malta George Cross Commemoration

On 12 April Friends RNSM Committee Member Francis Dickinson attended the George Cross Island Association...

Dits & Bits May 1, 2025 Missing Jolly Roger

In 1988 the surviving son of Cdr Tubby Linton VC decided to auction the Linton...

Dits & Bits May 1, 2025 Douglas Hotel and Perisher

I imagine that the community might be interested to see this PDF of the Perisher...

Dits & Bits Apr 25, 2025 Warspite Fire – Cdr Tim Cannon QGM RN

We normally only post a single obituary about an individual and Commander Tim Cannon QGM...

Dits & Bits Apr 25, 2025 Dhobeying

If there is one thing that worries me daily,It’s how long people take to shower.To...

Dits & Bits Apr 25, 2025 Linton Portrait

Recently Robbie Alexander sent me a photograph of a photo that belonged to his late...

Dits & Bits Apr 10, 2025 Early Submariners – Commander Reynolds Sharp

Ed: Little is known about the very first submariners so we are indebted to Ian...

Dits & Bits Apr 10, 2025 ORACLE TALES – And a trip to nowhere…..

From time to time I just write a few reminiscences  – basically for my own...

Dits & Bits Apr 4, 2025 H31 – a Letter Home

I thought you might be interested in this letter that came my way recently thanks...

Dits & Bits Apr 4, 2025 A Musical Sunset in WARSPITE

It came to pass that in April 1940,  I was born next to the Royal...