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I thought that I would put out a note since a lot of you have been calling and writing to find out how things are and if I'm OK and what happened. If you hadn't heard, my boat hi ......more
I strayed to the main SMA site and the list of sunken boats. As I, than still only 18 and an RNVR midshipman, was the operational diver on XE11, I was disappointed not to see her ......more
(For part of WW2 Gordon served as a swimmer on X Craft, His boat X11 was sunk in a collision, Gordon was ashore, sick, when that happened. Three of his crew mates lost their ......more
Sub Lieut John Latham - Gordon Newman
J.O. Latham, lived on Alderney. Served 1943-1946 in 12th Submarine flotilla as a Sub-Lieut. RNVR. Crossed the bar on 7th February 2007.
When I left school for ......more
Just another day - Arthur Beer.
0800 - 18th November 1960. I am a Leading Mechanical Engineer on Submarine Thule and we are Harbour Stations at Portland, about to go to sea for the day, exercising with various ships of the Royal ......more
The following two letters were written by a Submariner in 1953/1954. They brought a smile to my face, one can imagine Mu ......more
Tally-Ho Letter Home. Written 1954
This is a copy of a letter I sent home to my parents, written at sea as a crew member in the ......more
