Lieutenant Main was presented his dolphins during a ceremony alongside HM Naval Base Clyde. Witnessing events were the crew of USS New Mexico as well as Royal Navy colleagues. Matt is the second Royal Navy officer to earn US Navy submarine dolphins, with the first, Lieutenant Commander Ralph Co...
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The mode
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The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious light infantry and also one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy.[7][8] The Corps of Royal Marines can t
In Jul and Sep 1940, she participated in attacks on the Vichy-French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir and Dakar, respectively. On 1 Aug, in between the western Africa actions, she escorted a convoy that delivered 12 Hurricane aircraft to Malta; her aircraft attacked the Italian base at Cagliari ...
1953 - 1956 a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty, Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy [HMS President] 11.01.1957 - 11.11.1958 Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Station and Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Mediterranean [HMS St Angelo (RN base, Malta)] Edwards, Roderick Latimer ...
1942 HMS Spartiate (RN base Clyde, Glasgow) (06.1942) Commanding Officer, HM SGB 4 (steam gun boat) 04.08.1942 - (10.)1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishments, Hove & Lancing, Sussex) 16.11.1942 - (02.)1943 HMS Attack (Coastal Forces base, Portland) 04.02.1943 - ...
This page will contain a series of posts about the British Royal Navy during the First World War. They will be published as close to the 100th anniversary of the events being described as my other commitments permit. There will be frequent mentions of the First Lord of the Admiralty and ...
A Royal Navy nurse who fought on the front line against coronavirus and an expert in bomb disposal are among the sailors and Royal Marines recognised in this year’s New Year’s Honours list. Nearly two dozen personnel have been honoured for their unwavering duty in what has been a challengi...
25.08.1939 - (07.1945) HM Boom Depot, Clyde [HMS Orlando] (Greenock, Renfrew) Crawford, Michael Lindsay Coulton "Tubby" Son of ... Crawford, and ... King. Married ((09?).1944, Northumberland Central district, Northumberland) Margaret H. Lewis. (09?).1917 Cuckfield district, Sussex -...