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North East at War

Category: World War 2

26 April 202030 April 2020 P Armstrong

Gotterdammerung ! – The first and Last Patrol of U-1274

Merchant Navy, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

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

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24 December 201924 December 2019 P Armstrong

HMS Seraph (Visiting Submarine)

Blyth Submarines, World War 2

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

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13 October 201915 October 2019 P Armstrong

Beginners Luck ? The Destruction of U-714

Merchant Navy, Shipbuilding, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

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

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29 June 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

Black Christmas I – Whatever happened to HMS Seahorse ?

Blyth Submarines, Personal Stories, World War 2

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

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20 April 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

The Last Dive of HM/SM Unity – The Time Capsuled Heroes of Cresswell

Blyth Submarines, Personal Stories, World War 2

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

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RAF Northstead
18 April 201919 April 2019 J Corbett

RAF Northstead

Radar Sites, RAF Airfields/Bases, World War 2

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

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1 April 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

Untamed Unravelled

Blyth Submarines, Shipbuilding, World War 2

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

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17 March 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

Terror off the Tyne I – A Tale of Two U-boats

Merchant Navy, U-Boat Encounters, World War 2

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

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8 March 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

HM S/M L 26

Blyth Submarines, World War 2

    Type Submarine Class L Pennant N 26  Builder Vickers (Barrow)  Ordered Dec 1916  Laid down 1917  Launched 29 May 1919  Commissioned 12 Oct

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6 March 201916 July 2019 P Armstrong

HM S/M Unity

Blyth Submarines, World War 2

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

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Recent Posts

  • Gotterdammerung ! – The first and Last Patrol of U-1274
  • HMS Seraph (Visiting Submarine)
  • The G7 Mystery
  • Beginners Luck ? The Destruction of U-714
  • Blue on Blue – The sinking of HMS J6
  • Black Christmas I – Whatever happened to HMS Seahorse ?
  • The (short) life and death of UB -115
  • Fireworks on the Butte
  • The Last Dive of HM/SM Unity – The Time Capsuled Heroes of Cresswell
  • RAF Northstead

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