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... THE MINESWEEPERS’ CATCH Although there is a lull in the battle for Britain the little ships of Britain still carry on their work and maintain their vigil around her shores, sweeping the channels clear of mines so that Britain's food and supplies can be ...
... Walcheren, when the full story can be told, should rank second only to Dunkirk as an epic of bravery by little ships. At Walcheren there were far fewer little ships than Dunkirk, and they took the troops in instead of out. They were not private pleasure boats ...
... ROYAL VISIT TO HOME FLEET KING PIPED ABOARD H.M.S. RODNEY LITTLE SHIPS AT INSPECTION Paying his first peace-time visit to the Home Fleet, the King was piped aboard H.M.S. Rodney, flagship of Admiral Sir Henry Moore, lying at anchor in the sunshine in ...
... YOUNG MAN’S JOB Stockholm, Monday. Young men, sailing high-speed little ships of the British Merchant Navy, have split wide open the German blockade of the Skagerak and Kattegat and kept open the vital North Sea shipping route between Sweden and Britain ...
... NAVAL ACTIONS “LITTLE SHIPS” HIT TWO ENEMY CONVOYS ...
... to-day, with the barometer till rising. No flying bombs came over Southern England during the night. EPIC OF BRAVERY BY LITTLE SHIPS SECOND ONLY TO DUNKIRK ...
... unrecognised heroes of the sea are the men of the Royal Navy Minelayers, who night after night slip out to sea in their little ships and lay minefields round Britain’s shores or at the approaches to enemy shores. ■ ...
... The Nelson Touch ” It is a far cry from the days when Nelson’s Victory spread her vast array of canvas to the little ships of modern naval warfare, but the spirit that prevailed Trafalgar persists British Navy. That is why story about a Canadian corvette ...
... (Tl)« OUR LITTLE SHIPS “GETTING THE ENEMY SCARED WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1942 U.S. PARATROOPS IN BRITAIN American parachute troops are now in this country and have already been engaged on invasion exercises. They are drawn mostly from the Southern States ...
... reduction in our losses at sea from enemy submarines, etc. Fitted with the same anti-submarine gear as the destroyers, these little ships require crews of only 50, and present a very small target from the sea or air. This picture, taken actually in an Atlantic ...
... announcements. 6.30 Books and the Writer,” talk. 6.45 Hocus-Boeus,” play, wnth lyrics and music. (.30—Norwegian news. 7.4s—“Little Ships and Great Empires,” talk. B.s—“The Unjust Steward,” a modern parable. 8.30 “ 1.T.M.A.,” Tommy Handley’s programme. 9.o—News ...
... THE PALACE AWARD TO SON OF CAPTAIN SCOTT Men of the little ships,” naval officers and ratings who fight the light craft that constantly harry the enemy in his own waters, went -to Buckingham Palace to receive decorations from the King at a recent investiture ...