... THE LITTLE SHIPS Sank 72 Enemy Vessels Last Year Light coastal forces of the Royal Navy have been more active of late, due, it is thought, to a general improvement in weather conditions at sea. These forces, which included vessels of the Free JTrench ...

... of the world with hundreds of little ships moving across the seas.” An aviator flying so high that he could see the whole of Great Britain would similarly observe—had he a sufficiently powerful pair of glasses—little ships for ever putting out of British ...

... BIG OR LITTLE SHIPS. M.P. SUGGESTS FINDINGS ON K 5 SHOULD BE PUBLiv. L. Viscount, Curzon, M.P.. suggests that the Admiralty should publish the findings -of the court which is inquiring into the loss of the K 5. . i ““This is particularly important at ...

... THE LITTLE SHIPS. Vice-Admiral Mackinnon. presenting the plague to Coun. Peter Sinns, Chairman of the Council, said that one war was never the same as its predecessor. In the present war the-mechanisation of the army had resulted in rapid movement. while ...

... Of the little ships GUNBOAT 658, by L. C. Reynolds (Kimber, 165.). VERY few young men by the age • of 21 are commanding a ship in the Royal Navy, yet this is what happened to Mr. Reynolds. As a newly commissioned midshipman he saw Motor Gunboat 658 ...

... LITTLE SHIPS' PIONEER Sir Noel Maeklin, the man behind the mass production of the Navy's little ships during the war, has died at the age of 57. it is announced today. He had been called the Henry Kaiser of Britain, and was originator of prefabricated ...

... ® DAILY JOTTINGS LITTLE SHIPS - ‘“Fhe~sea is kind to little ships,” say the sailormen; and “the kindly sea ‘and his own skill have enabled Commander Graham, a Tetired British nava] officer, to. navigate singlehanded _a four-top sailing boat across 'the ...

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... ESCORT OF LITTLE SHIPS • , • . , , Nfi:eaktii‘:‘ • . • - • - • . An unofficial escort of yachts and other sod craft gives the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as early wekome home as the Royal mit moves majestically up the river to London. Her official ...

... surviving little ships In the week she celebrates her diamond jubilee, one of Scarborough’s most distinguished ladies is remembered by others for her lifesaving role in the last war. For the pleasure cruiser Regal Lady, launched 60 years ago last Wednesday ...

... AN ORDEAL THE LITTLE SHIPS Severe Losses in the Battle for Westkapelle From ARTHUR OAKESHOTT, Router's Special Correspondent, who was at the assault on Westkapelle I CAN now give' a clearer picture of the seaborne battle for Westkapelle, keypoint on the ...

... THE LITTLE SHIPS —_ By TAFFRAIL 1t is difficult to realise the intense activity of the smaller ships of the Royal Navy, with which are necessarily included those many craft which have been taken into the Naval service from the Merchant Navy and the Fishing ...