View Article  Restrictions on Photography in 1944

I had previously thought that photography on one of HM Ships during wartime would have been strictly prohibited - see ...   more »

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View Article  "Tunney in the Bay" by Lt Robert McC McMullan RNVR

I am grateful to Michael McMullan, son of Lieutenant Robert McC McMullan RNVR, for sending me the following article written by ...   more »

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View Article  "Ships That Pass" by George A. Osborough, Writer, RN

I am grateful to Michael McMullan, son of Lieutenant Robert McC McMullan RNVR, for sending me the poem below by ...   more »

View Article  Frank Shipp (1925 - 2006)

It is with deep sadness that I write to report that Frank Shipp crossed the bar on Sunday, 29 October ...   more »

View Article  Close Encounter with a Mine

I recall a story my father, Eric Clubb, told me of an incident on HMS Rushen Castle when he was ...   more »

View Article  More about HMS Rushen Castle's Wartime Officers
Hans Houterman, one of the founders of an excellent website, World War II Unit Histories & Officers, has very kindly forwarded ...   more »
View Article  The Captain's Report on the 1st Lieutenant - 25 June 1945

Attached is a copy of Colin Warwick's report on Eric Clubb written in June 1945 - to view the ...   more »

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View Article  An Invitation to Dinner & Darts in the Petty Officers' Mess

Many thanks are again due to the Castle Class Corvette (Frigate) Association's Norman Goodwin for forwarding me a scan of ...    more »

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View Article  What do we know about HMS Rushen Castle's first crew?

“Really Not Required” by Colin Warwick provides the only information I have to date on HMS Rushen Castle’s first crew ...   more »