Article: Many Britons 'ignorant about the Royal Navy'.(News)

Article: Wiltshire war hero's medals up for sale ; He was "the ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  October 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... former merchant seaman who had served with the Royal Navy in World War I on ships including the early submarine, E39 ... service between the wars, while remaining in the Royal Navy Reserve. When World War II broke out, he was given command of a ship ...

Article: U.K. Royal Navy Detonates World War ...
Sea Technology;  January 1, 2006 ;     561 words ...The British Royal Navy recently disposed of two 60year-old ... believed they were dropped by a bomber in World War II. The first mine was discovered ... during routine surveying work by the Royal Navy Mine Hunter HMS Blyth. The second ...

Article: Oswald Maurice Parkin: 1920 - 2006Helped rescue troops at ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  April 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Oswald Maurice Parkin, a British Royal Navy recruit enjoying a few days' respite ... carrying war materiel to Europe in World War II. She was Beatrice Watland ... from his Sea Scout troop to the Royal Navy. At the Battle of Dunkirk in May ...

Article: UNITED KINGDOM: LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD ASSIST ROYAL ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 16, 2006 ;     389 words ... ... news release: Just before midnight last night, Liverpool Coastguard were contacted by the Royal Navy who had discovered a 500 kg unexploded world war two bomb very near to the Twelve Quays in the River Mersey. Liverpool Coastguard ensured that ...

Article: People forget the fleet air arm - it wasn't all spitfires ; David ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  May 26, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... who flew as a Royal Navy pilot throughout World War II T he frustration ... forces during World War II and ever ... fought in the Royal Navy's own version ... by the time World War I came about ... to become a Royal Navy pilot in 1940 ...

Article: Osprey Publishing.(Easter Rising 1916: Birth of the Irish ...
California Bookwatch;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... as a whole. Andrew Thomas' ROYAL NAVY ACES OF WORLD WAR 2 (9781856031786, $20.95 ... naval fighters acquired for the Royal Navy which achieved much success in action during the second world war. Chapters explore the planes ...

Article: The Imperial War Museum Book of the War at Sea: The Royal ...
RUSI Journal;  December 1, 1997 ;     344 words ... ... Thompson, (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1997), L15.99, 280 pages This book recounts the epic of the Royal Navy in the Second World War from the perspective of the sailor, officer and rating. General Thompson's elegant narrative blends ...