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Guns Blazing! Newsletter of the Naval Wargames Society No
All Guns Blazing! Newsletter of the Naval Wargames Society No. 290 – DECEMBER 2018 Extract from President Roosevelt’s, “Fireside Chat to the Nation”, 29 December 1940: “….we cannot escape danger by crawling into bed and pulling the covers over our heads……if Britain should go down, all of us in the Americas would be living at the point of a gun……We must produce arms and ships with every energy and resource we can command……We must be the great arsenal of democracy”. oOoOoOoOoOoOoOo The Poppies of four years ago at the Tower of London have been replaced by a display of lights. Just one of many commemorations around the World to mark one hundred years since the end of The Great War. Another major piece of art, formed a focal point as the UK commemorated 100 years since the end of the First World War. The ‘Shrouds of the Somme’ brought home the sheer scale of human sacrifice in the battle that came to epitomize the bloodshed of the 1914-18 war – the Battle of the Somme. Artist Rob Heard hand stitched and bound calico shrouds for 72,396 figures representing British Commonwealth servicemen killed at the Somme who have no known grave, many of whose bodies were never recovered and whose names are engraved on the Thiepval Memorial. Each figure of a human form, was individually shaped, shrouded and made to a name. They were laid out shoulder to shoulder in hundreds of rows to mark the Centenary of Armistice Day at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 8-18th November 2018 filling an area of over 4000 square metres. -
1 Introduction
Notes 1 Introduction 1. Donald Macintyre, Narvik (London: Evans, 1959), p. 15. 2. See Olav Riste, The Neutral Ally: Norway’s Relations with Belligerent Powers in the First World War (London: Allen and Unwin, 1965). 3. Reflections of the C-in-C Navy on the Outbreak of War, 3 September 1939, The Fuehrer Conferences on Naval Affairs, 1939–45 (Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990), pp. 37–38. 4. Report of the C-in-C Navy to the Fuehrer, 10 October 1939, in ibid. p. 47. 5. Report of the C-in-C Navy to the Fuehrer, 8 December 1939, Minutes of a Conference with Herr Hauglin and Herr Quisling on 11 December 1939 and Report of the C-in-C Navy, 12 December 1939 in ibid. pp. 63–67. 6. MGFA, Nichols Bohemia, n 172/14, H. W. Schmidt to Admiral Bohemia, 31 January 1955 cited by Francois Kersaudy, Norway, 1940 (London: Arrow, 1990), p. 42. 7. See Andrew Lambert, ‘Seapower 1939–40: Churchill and the Strategic Origins of the Battle of the Atlantic, Journal of Strategic Studies, vol. 17, no. 1 (1994), pp. 86–108. 8. For the importance of Swedish iron ore see Thomas Munch-Petersen, The Strategy of Phoney War (Stockholm: Militärhistoriska Förlaget, 1981). 9. Churchill, The Second World War, I, p. 463. 10. See Richard Wiggan, Hunt the Altmark (London: Hale, 1982). 11. TMI, Tome XV, Déposition de l’amiral Raeder, 17 May 1946 cited by Kersaudy, p. 44. 12. Kersaudy, p. 81. 13. Johannes Andenæs, Olav Riste and Magne Skodvin, Norway and the Second World War (Oslo: Aschehoug, 1966), p. -
Naval Ensigns & Jacks
INTERNATIONAL TREASURES ™ A NATIONAL TREASURE Naval Ensigns & Jacks ZFC3577 USSR, Cruiser Aurora, unique, Order of the Oct. Revolution & Military Order of the Red Banner, Holiday Ensign, 1992. This variant of the Soviet Naval Ensign is from the Cruiser Aurora, a ship with a long and distinguished career. The Aurora is an armored cruiser currently preserved and serving as a school and museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ZFC0228 Lead Royal Navy ship, D-Day Operation Overlord, ZFC0514 France Ensign, FFL Aconite WWII, Sank 2 German Invasion of Normandy, 1944. This battle ensign was on the leading U-Boats on same day, 1943. An iconic French ensign which embod Royal Navy ship of the invasion that assaulted the Normandy ies the brief, yet brave, struggle of French forces against fascist beaches on June 6, 1944. Commander Anthony Kimmins secured Germany in the opening years of WWII. This flag comes from the the flag for Calvin Bullock for his return visit to New York. FNFL corvette ‘Aconite’ and was part of the Bullock Collection. ZFC0232 Royal Canadian Navy White Ensign, HMCS Wetaskiwin, ZFC0503 Lead Royal Navy ship Eastern Tack Force, Operation “Battle of the Atlantic,” 1943. This White Ensign, according to Husky, Invasion of Sicily, 1943. Due to wartime security constraints, Calvin Bullock’s documentation was “From His Majesty’s Canadian the name of the vessel that wore this ensign remains unknown. The Corvette WETASKIWIN, which for long had been flown in both the documentation states only that it flew on the task force leading the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.” allied attacks on Sicily. -
100 Years of Submarines in the RCN!
Starshell ‘A little light on what’s going on!’ Volume VII, No. 65 ~ Winter 2013-14 Public Archives of Canada 100 years of submarines in the RCN! National Magazine of The Naval Association of Canada Magazine nationale de L’Association Navale du Canada www.navalassoc.ca Please help us put printing and postage costs to more efficient use by opting not to receive a printed copy of Starshell, choosing instead to read the FULL COLOUR PDF e-version posted on our web site at http:www.nava- Winter 2013-14 lassoc.ca/starshell When each issue is posted, a notice will | Starshell be sent to all Branch Presidents asking them to notify their ISSN 1191-1166 members accordingly. You will also find back issues posted there. To opt out of the printed copy in favour of reading National magazine of The Naval Association of Canada Starshell the e-Starshell version on our website, please contact the Magazine nationale de L’Association Navale du Canada Executive Director at [email protected] today. Thanks! www.navalassoc.ca PATRON • HRH The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh OUR COVER RCN SUBMARINE CENTENNIAL HONORARY PRESIDENT • H. R. (Harry) Steele The two RCN H-Class submarines CH14 and CH15 dressed overall, ca. 1920-22. Built in the US, they were offered to the • RCN by the Admiralty as they were surplus to British needs. PRESIDENT Jim Carruthers, [email protected] See: “100 Years of Submarines in the RCN” beginning on page 4. PAST PRESIDENT • Ken Summers, [email protected] TREASURER • Derek Greer, [email protected] IN THIS EDITION BOARD MEMBERS • Branch Presidents NAVAL AFFAIRS • Richard Archer, [email protected] 4 100 Years of Submarines in the RCN HISTORY & HERITAGE • Dr. -
Marine Propellers and Propulsion to Jane and Caroline Marine Propellers and Propulsion
Marine Propellers and Propulsion To Jane and Caroline Marine Propellers and Propulsion Second Edition J S Carlton Global Head of MarineTechnology and Investigation, Lloyd’s Register AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA First edition 1994 Second edition 2007 Copyright © 2007, John Carlton. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All right reserved The right of John Carlton to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone ( 44) (0) 1865 843830; fax ( 44) (0) 1865 853333; email: [email protected]. Alternatively+ you can submit your+ request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the published for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Carlton, J. -
Remni Feb 17/18
February 18, 2018 remembrance ni Ulster sailors killed at Anzio in Belfast- built Penelope ! On February 18, 1944 three Able Seamen and a Petty Officer from Northern Ireland died in HMS Penelope which was torpedoed near Anzio. They were Thomas Gould from Belfast, Kenneth Hewitt from Londondery, William Hunter from Ballyclare and Samuel Taylor from Dundrod. 418 members of the ship’s company of 650, including the captain DG Belben. A Lance Bombardier from Londonderry in the Royal Artillery was killed at Anzio the previous day. Page !1 February 18, 2018 The Belfast-built ship had been attacked so often she was nicknames HMS Pepperpot. One of the survivors, Jack Clark, a Royal marine musician, was a gunnery operator in the transmitting station on Penelope. He recalled his experience to the BBC. “Having taken part in actions in the North Africa campaign, Sicily, Italy and Aegean we were engaged in the bombardment of enemy positions relating to the beachhead at Anzio. Having bombarded for approximately two weeks we were becoming short of fuel and ammunition. On the 17th February 1944 we left during the late evening and returned to Naples to replenish supplies of the aforementioned. Captain Belben had completed our tour of duty and was expected to give us a well-earned 24-hour rest period, the custom when conditions permitted. “As we anchored in the bay of Naples at 22:00 captain Belben received a signal ordering him to prepare for sea immediately and return to Anzio to take the place of HMS Dido, which had been in collision with a landing craft in Naples bay. -
World War II at Sea This Page Intentionally Left Blank World War II at Sea
World War II at Sea This page intentionally left blank World War II at Sea AN ENCYCLOPEDIA Volume I: A–K Dr. Spencer C. Tucker Editor Dr. Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr. Associate Editor Dr. Eric W. Osborne Assistant Editor Vincent P. O’Hara Assistant Editor Copyright 2012 by ABC-CLIO, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data World War II at sea : an encyclopedia / Spencer C. Tucker. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59884-457-3 (hardcopy : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-59884-458-0 (ebook) 1. World War, 1939–1945—Naval operations— Encyclopedias. I. Tucker, Spencer, 1937– II. Title: World War Two at sea. D770.W66 2011 940.54'503—dc23 2011042142 ISBN: 978-1-59884-457-3 EISBN: 978-1-59884-458-0 15 14 13 12 11 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America To Malcolm “Kip” Muir Jr., scholar, gifted teacher, and friend. This page intentionally left blank Contents About the Editor ix Editorial Advisory Board xi List of Entries xiii Preface xxiii Overview xxv Entries A–Z 1 Chronology of Principal Events of World War II at Sea 823 Glossary of World War II Naval Terms 831 Bibliography 839 List of Editors and Contributors 865 Categorical Index 877 Index 889 vii This page intentionally left blank About the Editor Spencer C. -
History of the Royal Marines 1837-1914 HE Blumberg
History of the Royal Marines 1837-1914 HE Blumberg (Minor editing by Alastair Donald) In preparing this Record I have consulted, wherever possible, the original reports, Battalion War and other Diaries, accounts in Globe and Laurel, etc. The War Office Official Accounts, where extant, the London Gazettes, and Orders in Council have been taken as the basis of events recounted, and I have made free use of the standard histories, eg History of the British Army (Fortescue), History of the Navy (Laird Clowes), Britain's Sea Soldiers (Field), etc. Also the Lives of Admirals and Generals bearing on the campaigns. The authorities consulted have been quoted for each campaign, in order that those desirous of making a fuller study can do so. I have made no pretence of writing a history or making comments, but I have tried to place on record all facts which can show the development of the Corps through the Nineteenth and early part of the Twentieth Centuries. H E BLUMBERG Devonport January, 1934 1 P A R T I 1837 – 1839 The Long Peace On 20 June, 1837, Her Majesty Queen Victoria ascended the Throne and commenced the long reign which was to bring such glory and honour to England, but the year found the fortunes of the Corps at a very low ebb. The numbers voted were 9007, but the RM Artillery had officially ceased to exist - a School of Laboratory and nominally two companies quartered at Fort Cumberland as part of the Portsmouth Division only being maintained. The Portsmouth Division were still in the old inadequate Clarence Barracks in the High Street; Plymouth and Chatham were in their present barracks, which had not then been enlarged to their present size, and Woolwich were in the western part of the Royal Artillery Barracks. -
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum | Culture
Memoirs of the Queensland Museum | Culture Volume 9 Pandora Project Stage 2: four more seasons of excavation at the Pandora historic shipwreck by Peter Gesner Minister: Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier and Minister for the Arts CEO: Suzanne Miller, BSc(Hons), PhD, FGS, FMinSoc, FAIMM, FGSA , FRSSA Editor in Chief: J.N.A. Hooper, PhD Issue Editor: Geraldine Mate, PhD PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD 2016 © Queensland Museum PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia Phone: +61 (0) 7 3840 7555 Fax: +61 (0) 7 3846 1226 Web: qm.qld.gov.au National Library of Australia card number ISSN 2205-3220 COVER Cover image: Ship-remains/photomosaic. Queensland Museum. NOTE Papers published in this volume and in all previous volumes of the Memoirs of the Queensland Museum may be reproduced for scientific research, individual study or other educational purposes. Properly acknowledged quotations may be made but queries regarding the republication of any papers should be addressed to the CEO. Copies of the journal can be purchased from the Queensland Museum Shop. A Guide to Authors is displayed on the Queensland Museum website qm.qld.gov.au A Queensland Government Project Design and Layout: Tanya Edbrooke, Queensland Museum Printed by Watson, Ferguson & Company CHAPTER 3 PANDORA’S PEOPLE AND SOME SUBSEQUENT CAREERS The story of Pandora’s voyage reveals details 90 Englishmen, 25 Scots (including 8 Orcadians) of the death toll exacted by the wreck and 10 Irishmen, 3 Welshmen and probably 6 ‘other survival voyage. But what became of the nationalities’ possibly including at least three survivors who eventually made it back home? Germans and one Scandinavian, 134 in total. -
La Guerre Des Malouines
4 La guerre des Malouines IV – 26 mai - 15 juin 1982 : Objectif Port Stanley... Le L 3005 RFA Sir Frédéric Stahl Galahad en feu le 8 juin. (MOD) A San Carlos, la 3.Commando Brigade du brigadier Thomson n’a subi aucune contre-attaque terrestre de la part des Argentins qui restent encore en net état de supériorité numérique même si deux régiments se trouvent maintenant isolés sur la grande île occidentale (isla Gran Malvina). La dernière occasion quasiment nulle). Dans le courant de la matinée, deux Dagger de la patrouille « Pocker », les C 416 et Le mercredi 26 mai, jour où l’ONU va adopter la C-420, couverts par deux Mirage IIIEA de la patrouille résolution 505 sur les Malouines qui réafirme la « Sombra » du Grupo 8 suivent mais ils ne trouvent pas résolution 502 et demande aux parties de coopérer de cible dans le mauvais temps. L’aviation argentine avec le Secrétaire général pour négocier une trêve se montre donc discrète, deux IA-58 Pucara A 509 et de 72 heures, trois Canberra Mk-62 du Grupo 2, les A 533 de la patrouille « Fierro » effectuent un vol de B-104, B-105 et B-108 formant la patrouille « Odin », reconnaissance au nord de Darwin, ce qui permet aux armés chacun de quatre bombes Mk.17, et décollés Britanniques de s’organiser et en particulier d’installer de Rio Gallegos, doivent effectuer un raid sur San des bases avancées pour les hélicoptères afin de Carlos avant la levée du jour mais ils vont faire demi- compenser la perte de l’Atlantic Conveyor qui aurait dû tour à cause des conditions atmosphériques (visibilité être utilisé comme FOB mobile (voir encadré n°1).. -
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BRITISH LOGBOOKS in UK ARCHIVES a Survey of the Range, Selection and Suitability of British Logbooks for Climatic Research
BRITISH LOGBOOKS IN UK ARCHIVES A survey of the range, selection and suitability of British logbooks for climatic research Clive Wilkinson Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia Norwich, NR4 7TJ United Kingdom E-mail [email protected] Draft Report (April 2006) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Database Modernization Program (CDMP) 2 Contents Introduction 1. Scope, range and organization of the collections 1.1 The National Archive 1.2 British Library 1.3 National Maritime Museum 2. Early Types of Logbook and their Notation – Pre 1850 2.1 Early Royal Navy logbooks 2.2 East India Company Logbooks 3. Instrumental Data in Early Logbooks 4. Related Research Aids 4.1 Ship Lists 4.2 Sailing Instructions, charts, atlases 4.3 Operational histories 5. Priority Collections 5.1 British Library 5.2 National Archives 5.3 National Maritime Museum 6. Initial Selection and Acquisition of Logbooks for Imaging 6.1 British Library 6.2 National Archive 6.3 National Maritime Museum 7. Further Selection Criteria 7.1 Suitability for imaging 7.2 Duplication 7.3 Data quality 8. Integration of CLIWOC Data -Duplication 9. Royal Navy Logbooks 1850-1899 9.1 Royal Navy logbooks – National Archives (ADM 53) 9.2 Additional logbooks – National Maritime Museum 9.3 Locating vessels and logbooks 1850-1899 9.4 Summary of data in Royal Navy logbooks 1850-99 10. 20th Century Royal Navy Logbooks 10.1 Royal Navy Logbooks 1900-1938 10.2 Submarine Logbooks 10.3 Royal Navy Logbooks 1939-1946 10.3.1 Availability of WWII Logbooks 10.3.2 Organization of WWII Logbooks 10.3.3 Locating WWII Warships 3 11.