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LITTLE SHIPS

... LITTLE SHIPS Running Enemy Blockade 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 ...

Published: Monday 17 July 1944
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 86 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS Perhaps, however, the most interesting feature in this not very ancient history of Conway and district are the entries set against various ships. Closely interwoven into the lives and daily activities of the district, a century and more ...

Published: Thursday 25 April 1946
Newspaper: North Wales Weekly News
County: Denbighshire, Wales
Type: | Words: 336 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Little Ships

... Little Ships November, 1926, twenty-seven sailing enthusiasts met in London restaurant and decided to form a club to promote good fellowship among kindred spirits. To-day, the Little Ship Club has some 1,750 members of all ages in different parts of the ...

Published: Thursday 22 June 1939
Newspaper: Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: | Words: 131 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

LITTLE SHIPS

... LITTLE SHIPS Protection of convoy by destroyers and air cover through out the whole voyage will ! beat the U-boat and its surface sister, the E-boat. We cannot provide - complete air cover because distances are too great, that over long stretches of sea ...

Published: Saturday 20 February 1943
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 335 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

The Little Ships

... The Little Ships # I put forward a pica for the meq of the little ships during the first year the war. Without gun to defend them, selves against aircraft, with antimagnetic apparatus, the minesweepers and patrol vessels stood the fuU brunt against the ...

Published: Monday 11 October 1943
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 296 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Little Ships in

... Little Ships in Channel Action During offensive patrols in the English Channel early on Saturday morning light forces of the Royal Navy sank an enemy auxiliary vessel, damaged a minesweeper gunfire, and set an R-boat on hre two short engagements north ...

Published: Monday 21 August 1944
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 192 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

The Little Ships

... The Little Ships In a tribute to the men of the light coastal forces, Mr. Alexander said; “More than 90 per cent, of the officers who command these [boats are civilians in naval uniform ffor war time. We had very sketchy I forces in that direction at ...

Published: Wednesday 31 March 1943
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 74 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS Dear S:r. or Madam, Yo'l have heard o: our Luncheon C1 . .1.)U have you heard about our tiET TEAS? ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1946
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 23 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS 'NEWSLETTER) Dear Sir, or Madam, Have you joined Our •• Luncheon Club'? If you work or live in Thanet you are eligible to Join this club, which helps to solve the problem of providing nourishing mid-day meals in these days of strict rationing ...

Published: Saturday 05 October 1946
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 200 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS Dear or Madams. You have heard of our Luncheon Club, but have you heard about our Sri` TEAS? Many people like to know what it is going to cost them when they enter a Restaurant: the Table thote Lunch is a usual feature, but the Table ...

Published: Wednesday 30 October 1946
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 103 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

In The “Little Ships”

... In The “Little Ships” Dashing Cavaliers On Lonely Patrols Who Watch For U-Boats The present •war has seen the addition of many brilliant chapters to British naval history, and when the story of the war comes to be written, there must be special place ...

Published: Friday 23 May 1941
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 582 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS By “Taffrail,” It's part o 1 my job nowadays to go afloat ‘rom tume to tuue to see ne work ot tne Fleet au ‘eda. lve peen 1n pracically every type of varsnip since tnis war — startea—in battleships, cruisers, destroyers, minesweepers ...

Published: Friday 23 January 1942
Newspaper: Aldershot News
County: Hampshire, England
Type: | Words: 374 | Page: 2 | Tags: none