Embleton – SS Pollux and the adoption of convoy
In a quiet corner of Spitalford Cemetery, Embleton, Northumberland, you will find a small group of war graves. Near them is a substantial but leaning
Author: P Armstrong
Historian/published author maritime stuff
Zeppelin Bombs Blyth !
14 April 1915 the KDM [Kaiserliche Deutsche Marine] Zeppelin L-9 commanded by Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy, was scouting over the North Sea, about 100 miles off
The Blooding of Joachim Schepke
It is 23 January 1940, 07:30hrs. U-19 has just dived, lest the imminent first light of dawn should bring a Coastal Command sweep. Men