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Little Ships

... Little Ships rrHE Little Ship Club claims to be the largest yacht club in the world. With 3.500 members, and still expanding, it has decided it can afford its own home, and in the City to-day, in Bellwharf Lane, the Lord Mayor laid the foundation stone ...

Published: Friday 16 February 1962
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 128 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

★ LITTLE SHIPS

... ★ LITTLE SHIPS rpHERE has been a little fight in the North Sea. Two E-boats were destroyed; the convoy went safely through. This incident must remind us again of the day by day work of the Navyand of the-men who build the ships, small and large, which ...

Published: Saturday 20 February 1943
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 307 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LITTLE SHIPS

... LITTLE SHIPS Westcountry Building Yard Thanked • «r s a shipbuilding yard the Westcountry, where a,t one time wooden»vessels were built for the Newfoundland trade, and where since then many steel ships have been constructed, have had a gratifying message ...

Published: Monday 08 May 1944
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 304 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

'LITTLE SHIPS'

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Published: Wednesday 31 May 1972
Newspaper: East Kent Times and Mail
County: Kent, England
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Little ships

... Little ships AROUND our coast from Whitsun to the autumn more and more yachts, ranging in size from 18ft. to a few large ones of 60ft. to 75ft. on the water line, are taking part in organised offshore racing. The sport is growing in popularity, and this ...

Published: Tuesday 09 August 1949
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 325 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS S.W. Fishermen Helped To Design Them Habits, customs, likes, and dislikes of bacterial slime, barnacles, sea squirts, mussels, and sponges are being closely studied by an Admiralty Corrosion Committee. Details of their investigation ...

Published: Saturday 13 April 1946
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The Little Ships

... The Little Ships Light coastal forces have had a busy and profitable week-end in the Channel and the grey North Sea. Early on Saturday morning several groups of enemy E-boats were intercepted off the East Coast in conditions of bad visibility, and a series ...

Published: Wednesday 29 September 1943
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 310 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

■*> LITTLE SHIPS

... to bring home the survivors of Dunkirk. Once again the little ships and the great have gone into battle together. In the running action off East Anglia. • . Homage to those who sail our little ships, and thanks to those who bpild them! This is more than ...

Published: Wednesday 27 October 1943
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 150 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... THE LITTLE SHIPS '• Of more than 170 minor war vessels of H.M. Fleet engaged in the operation 24 have been lost. These .comprise:— One Fleet minesweeper, H.M.S. Skipjack (Lieut.-Commander P. B. Proudfoot. R.N.), one gunboat, H.M.S. Mosquito (Lieut. A ...

Published: Tuesday 04 June 1940
Newspaper: Daily Record
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 103 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

LITTLE SHIPS

... LITTLE SHIPS Official Visits Yesterday four at Newquay from peVJ, are -commanded . * Dowling, who during paid an official visii fl. man the Council W ing). He was also vice-chairman (Mr- ford), the clerk . Lee), and other offic jpS-J After a visit to ...

Published: Saturday 18 August 1945
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 126 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

For These On Little Ships

... For These On Little Ships. ST. .AUSTELL and Charlestown people, inspired partly by Mrs. Cobbold-Sawle, have discovered a new kind of philanthropy, at least of giving to the men who serve on the little unnamed ships which are known by numbers only. ...

Published: Thursday 05 February 1942
Newspaper: Cornish Guardian
County: Cornwall, England
Type: | Words: 309 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

THE LITTLE SHIPS

... for the German E-boats winch try to prey on our convoys and against which the little ships offer important protection. There is constant war in the Channel and the little ships are often in the thick of the fight. It is astonishing to learn that, even ...

Published: Saturday 01 May 1943
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1467 | Page: 2 | Tags: none