THE Tories’ defence chief got a ship from James Bond confused with a real Navy one in a query to officials. James Cartlidge asked the Ministry of Defence about the cost of repairing the non-existent ...

Tory defence chief James Cartlidge may have got his naval facts shaken, not stirred, after mixing up a fictional James Bond boat with a real Royal Navy warship. In a blunder worthy a 'licence to ...

“ I enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1943 and when I was 17 joined my first ship H.M.S. Devonshire in Scapa Flow. Devonshire was by then a rather long in the tooth 10,000-ton cruiser with a main armament ...

I had earned accelerated advancement at the age of 17.5 years. That entitled me to be called Ordinary Telegraphist instead of Boy Telegraphist. I was, however, too young to drink but old enough to ...

HMS Westminster (F237) was filmed in Portsmouth, Hampshire to represent Type 23 Royal Navy frigate, HMS Chester, whilst HMS Dryad, a training simulator in Fareham, Hampshire portrayed the operations ...

This story was submitted to the People's War site by Eileen Linder on behalf of Alexander Somerville, and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms ...

It's another normal day of Navy life, all is quiet and you're getting on with your duties as is the done thing. But then, all of a sudden, a huge drill penetrates the hull of your ship and you begin ...