Gotterdammerung ! – The first and Last Patrol of U-1274
This is a story about men, ships and a U-boat sent to sink them. It unfolded on the early evening of April 16, 1945 on
Category: World War 2
HMS Seraph (Visiting Submarine)
It is sometimes written that HMS/M Seraph left from Blyth to carry out the famous ‘Man who Never Was’ mission but this is not the
Beginners Luck ? The Destruction of U-714
On March 14, 1945, some four hours after leaving the Tyne, HMS Natal, a brand new frigate with a green crew carried out an attack
Black Christmas I – Whatever happened to HMS Seahorse ?
I have no idea whether it (a copy) is still there but in terms of NE wartime legends it’s up there with the Bradford brothers
The Last Dive of HM/SM Unity – The Time Capsuled Heroes of Cresswell
Cresswell holds its secrets as close as any wartime Admiralty file marked ‘Top Secret’. A casual visitor gazing out to sea from the car park
RAF Northstead
RAF Northstead, located halfway between Red Row and Widdrington opened as a Mobile Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) station in May 1941, with Sqd Ldr Keighly
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
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