The Plymouth-based survey ship HMS Echo has become the first Royal Naval ship to enter a port in the Middle East. No ship under the White Ensign has come alongside in Duqm harbour in Oman – a former fishing village which has been transformed into a major new port and which owes its su...
Arthur Harris married Thora Mulcahy on 31st December, 1936, in Plymouth, Devon, where Arthur was stationed at HMS Devonport, the naval shore base at Plymouth. The marriage produced a son (Michael John Harris), who was born on 1st December, 1942, two years after Captain Harris had left HMS...
The severe damage took three years to repair at Devonport Dockyard, Plymouth. Belfast was re-commissioned in late 1942 with much improved protection, armament and firepower, which saw her in good stead for escorting convoys to Arctic Russia. In December 1943 HMS Belfast assisted in the ...