Untamed Unravelled
HM/SM Untamed was built on the Tyne at Vickers Armstrong’s Walker Naval Yard. She was one of ours. Built to endure the worst the enemy
Author: P Armstrong
Historian/published author maritime stuff
Terror off the Tyne I – A Tale of Two U-boats
Gaze in any direction from St Mary’s Lighthouse, you find yourself surrounded by the savage magnificence of this coast. Storms can blow up out of
HM S/M L 26
Type Submarine Class L Pennant N 26 Builder Vickers (Barrow) Ordered Dec 1916 Laid down 1917 Launched 29 May 1919 Commissioned 12 Oct
HM S/M Unity
Class U Pennant N 66 Mod First Group Built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness Ordered 5 Nov 1936 Laid down 19 Feb 1937 Launched 16 Feb
HM S/M L 23
The story of L 23 is fascinating because the boat was operational from Blyth in 1939-1940 but also returned as the principal sea training Boat
UC-32 and the Children of Sorrow
U-boat mine-laying operations off the NE coast 1916-1917 Many people will tell you that there is a wrecked First World War U-boat just off Roker
2/Lt Albert Straker, 7th Northumberland Fusiliers
Lt Straker had earlier survived the debacle of High Wood on 15/16 September 1916 when the 50th Division was ordered to advance with its right
U-Boat Dawn ! Submarine Warfare off the NE Coast Spring 1915
On August 19th, 1915, the Hartlepool built Norwegian cargo ship SS Bras owned at the time of her loss by Hansen Harald, was on a
Our Merchant Service (anon)
You have seen him in the street rolling round on groggy feet,You have seen him clutch the pavement for support,You have seen him arm in
Donald Clarke – Pride of the Red Duster
born: 05/03/1923 Chester le Street, Durham. died. 08/09/1942 at sea. DATE AND PLACE OF George Cross Action: 08-09/08/1942 off coast of Trinidad. ‘Donald Owen Clarke