This Index attempts to present the written articles within this blog in a more appropriate order than merely the dates upon which they have been published. When you select an article it should open up in a new window - to return to the index you have only to close the window.
Photographs can be accessed via the usual "Photos" link to the left.
INTRODUCTION
• Welcome to My Weblog for Rushen Castle/Weather Surveyor - 01.01.07
THE SHIP
• Rushen Castle on the Internet - 07.02.06
• Ship's History from the Castle Class Corvette (Frigate) Association - 13.02.06
HMS RUSHEN CASTLE
• Ship No 1780 at Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd - 14.04.06
• Accommodation Aboard a Castle Class Corvette - 07.05.06
• Rushen Castle's Principal Weaponry - 25.02.06
• Did Rushen Castle have a badge? And where's her bell? - 09.02.06
• Convoys escorted between 23/04/44 & 06/05/45 - 24.08.07
• HMS Rushen Castle's Movements 1944-1946 - 12.07.06
• Operation Santa Claus - 03.11.07
• HMS Rushen Castle in the National Archives - 08.02.06
Convoy Reports
• Convoy OS.90/KMS.64: Reports of Proceedings, 2 October 1944 - 05.06.06
• Convoy SL.172/MKS.63: Reports of Proceedings, 16 October 1944 - 22.04.06
• Convoy OS.93/KMS.67: Reports of Proceedings, 2 November 1944 - 24.06.06
• Convoy SL.178/MKS.69: Reports of Proceedings, 15 December 1944 - 30.12.06
• Convoys OS.100/KMS.74 and MKS.72, December 1944 - 31.12.06
• Convoy OS.102/KMS.76: Reports of Proceedings (Part), Undated - 06.01.07
• Convoy MKS.98: Reports of Proceedings, 9/10 May 1945 - 30.10.07
OWS WEATHER SURVEYOR
• The Times, 22 December 1961 - 07.02.06
• Fuelling for Atlantic Duty by the Belfast Telegraph - 07.12.07
• Life on Ocean Weather Ships 1966-1969 by Mik Cass - 06.03.06
• Ocean Weather Ships by Howard Cox - 18.05.07
• New light shed on Weather Surveyor's Demise - 16.02.06
THE CREW
HMS RUSHEN CASTLE
• What do we know about HMS Rushen Castle's first crew? - 12.02.06
• More about HMS Rushen Castle's Wartime Officers - 09.04.06
• Close Encounter with a Mine - 21.04.06
• Restrictions on Photography in 1944 - 03.11.07
• "Ships That Pass" by George A. Osborough, Writer, RN - 03.11.07
• An Invitation to Dinner & Darts in the Petty Officers' Mess - 13.02.06
• The Captain's Report on the 1st Lieutenant - 25 June 1945 - 18.03.06
• "Tunney in the Bay" by Lt Robert McC McMullan RNVR - 03.11.07
• Frank Shipp (1925 - 2006) - 07.11.06
THE LIBRARY
• Liverpool and the Battle of the Atlantic 1939-45 by Paul Kemp - 22.07.06
• Really Not Required by Colin Warwick - 20.07.06
• Castle Class Corvettes by Norman Goodwin & Steve Bush - 30.10.07
• Gap of Danger by John D. Drummond - 07.12.07
MISCELLANEOUS
• Valuable Resource for WWII Ship or Convoy Buffs - 13.06.06
SITE ADMINISTRATION
• Admin01: Describing Ship Photographs - 15.02.06
• Admin02: Copyright & Ownership Issues - 19.02.06
• Admin03: Broken Links & Typos - 05.03.06
