Obituary:
Cdr Andy Johnson who commanded HMS Onyx, the only RN conventional submarine deployed during the Falklands War.
A patrol of 117 days covering 20,000 miles. Also served as XO of HMS Superb and Swifsure.
See - https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/ ... lands-war/
Individual Naval Officers and Ratings
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HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.
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Unsung teen hero who helped end the Second World War honoured
A teenage cook whose heroics onboard a warship helped shorten the Second World War has been honoured in his home town after a public vote.
The regenerated centre of North Shields, North Tyneside, has been named after Thomas Brown, who was awarded the George Medal for helping to retrieve codebooks from a sinking German U-boat in October 1942.
The books were later used to crack the Enigma code by experts at Bletchley Park, enabling the British to decipher Nazi messages.
Two naval men died while searching the stricken submarine but Thomas, a 15-year-old civilian who lied about his age to work in the canteen on HMS Petard, survived and managed to save the books from the sea.
See - https://www.yahoo.com/news/unsung-teen- ... ccounter=1 - LFT
A teenage cook whose heroics onboard a warship helped shorten the Second World War has been honoured in his home town after a public vote.
The regenerated centre of North Shields, North Tyneside, has been named after Thomas Brown, who was awarded the George Medal for helping to retrieve codebooks from a sinking German U-boat in October 1942.
The books were later used to crack the Enigma code by experts at Bletchley Park, enabling the British to decipher Nazi messages.
Two naval men died while searching the stricken submarine but Thomas, a 15-year-old civilian who lied about his age to work in the canteen on HMS Petard, survived and managed to save the books from the sea.
See - https://www.yahoo.com/news/unsung-teen- ... ccounter=1 - LFT
HMS Pelican 1938 - 1958 GGCV L86 U86 F86 What I Have I Hold ~ A wonderful bird is the Pelican its beak can hold more than its belly can.