... THE LITTLE SHIPS Vigorous Attacks on Enemy Craft An Admiralty and Netherlands Admiralty communique on Saturday stated:— Several groups of enemy vessels, which late last night and early this morning attempted to break out of French Channel ports, threatened ...

... IN THE LITTLE SHIPS Duke of Kent Hear* Tale of Courage When Skipper Alexander Craig, whose trawler beat off Nazi bombers on Tuesday, visited the Admiralty yesterday to make his report be met the Duke Kent, who also heard details the engagement. Skipper ...

... THE LITTLE SHIPS Constantly Worrying the Enemy The little ships of the coastal forces now carry out most of their patrols off the enemy’s coast, and nearly all the fights take place near enemy shores. A naval officer said London yesterday: T have doubt ...

... THE “LITTLE SHIPS” Hundreds pf Enemy Vessels Sunk Britain’s little ships.” the light naval forces which guard the shores of the United Kingdom and attack enemy coastal convoys, have a great record. Addressing the Royal United Services Institution in London ...

... “LITTLE SHIPS” Attacks on Two Enemy Convoys ONE enemy ship was torpedoed and probably sunk, another was “possibly torpedoed and escort vessels were considerably damaged when British light coastal forces carried out spirited attacks on two enemy convoys ...

... THE LITTLE SHIPS Two-Hour Fight in Channel For more than two hours the Navy’s little ships fought enemy armed minesweepers off the French coast yesterday. Even after the enemy had been reinforced by formation heavily armed vessels the British ships pressed ...

... LONELY LITTLE SHIPS. That Onto ' , TIT gallant fellows Mr. ITkrry Hawker and Commander Mackenzie I:;: eve should have been vale and sound n Dar ish ship while all the worbl was giving s.• h o p e of their safety emphasises the hie. that all shipping is ...

... LITTLE SHIPS IN THE WAR Official story of their exploits Belfast w'as one of the nine administrative areas into which the coasts of the British Isles (other than Eire) were divided during the war to facilitate the co-ordination of coastal shipping activities ...

... MEMORIES OF LITTLE SHIPS N INFORMATIVE LITTLE BOOK which will bring back to older readers memories of more restful days comes to me from Mr. W. A. Seaby, director of Belfast Museum and Art Gallery. It is a handbook on the passenger steamers and other ...

... STORIES OF LITTLE SHIPS The perfectly marvellous work of young medical officers who few months ago were ''walking the floors” of British hospitals is one of the most important factors which enable the Royal Navy to-day to report an excellent bill of health ...

... For Navy’s “Little Ships THE Navy’s “little ships,’ the light Allied coastal forces, fighting an average one 'battle every three days in their dual offensive and defensive role off Britain’s coasts, have scored a brilliant 10-1 victory over I the Germans ...

... STURDY LITTLE SHIPS WHEN the Great War broke out the Navy had only a dozen trawlers of 5,667 tons. At the Armistice the number had increased to 1,520 trawlers of 350,000 tons. The Navy itself built 282, of 151,422 tons. These sturdy little ships worked ...