Ronald "Carl" Giles OBE (29 September 1916 – 27 August 1995), often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist who worked for the British newspaper the Daily Express.

Ronald William Fordham Searle CBE RDI was an English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series.

HMS Peony Herbert Geoffrey Willans was an English writer and journalist. He is most famous for creating the funny schoolboy character. During the Second World War, Willans obtained a temporary wartime commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,

@dreadships.bsky.social Have you ever explored the world of WW1 River gunboats ? navtechlife.com/Guns_on_Barg...

23 Jan 1944 // While operating in support of Allied landing operations at Anzio, destroyer HMS Janus was sunk by a German aircraft using either a radio-controlled glider bomb or a torpedo (accounts differ). 158 of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum FL 3695) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Cancelled V&W destroyers Wye Vashon Vengeful Vigo Vigorous – renamed Wistful Virulent Volage Volcano. Wager Wake Waldegrave Walton Whitaker Watson Wrangler Werewolf Westphal Wave Weazel White Bear Wellesley Wheeler Whip Whippet Whelp Willoughby Winter Westward Ho Yeoman Zealous Zebra Zodiac

@garius.bsky.social @dreadships.bsky.social @dralexclarke.bsky.social @drachinifel.bsky.social HMS Blankney was adopted by Nantwich. The town still has two roads named after the destroyer, Blankney Avenue and The Blankney. Let's see if we can track down other reminders of adopted Warships

😆 Close your eyes, imagine you're in a medieval monastery, the scriptorium and then the abbot walks in... youtu.be/mW7_9Pqhi1s?...

Unwilling to accept defeat, Smallbones hunts for a solution. He realises the USA is sneakier about how it blocks Jews from immigrating. It gives them visas, but then only lets a certain percentage a year use them. He thinks about how to 'hack' this, and comes up with a British-based workaround. /7

Smallbones was exactly the kind of chap he looks like in this photo (with his wife Inga). Small 'c' conservative. Described as a bit dull but always good company. Happy family man. A solid diplomat. In 1932, the Foreign Office sent him to Munich. By '38 he's British Consul-General in Frankfurt /2

The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up. Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵

Haven't written one of these in a while! sillylittlewalk.substack.com/p/i-go-on-a-...

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies. I have translated some of the highlights

Everything I know about Starscream is just pure joyous character assassination and I adore it

The Surrey class were a never-built heavy cruiser class, in fact. The 1929 financial crisis, and criticisms over a woefully inadequate protection led to their cancellation in January 1930 before their keels were even laid down they were have been HMS Surrey and HMS Northumberland. #navalhistory

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Suffolk, after the county of Suffolk starting in 1680. The WW2 example was famously involved in the hunt for Bisnarck and then was sent to the Indian Ocean where she saw out rest of War #navalhistory

I think a good strategy for your non-leftist social media presence (ie everywhere but here) is to give this photo - the remains of Danish soldiers returning in coffins after being killed in America's war in Afghanistan - as wide an audience as possible. Remind people who we're betraying

Chip wreck sometimes the headlines just write themselves

There was no HMS Stafford or Staffordshire in WW2 there was an HMS Stafford in WW1 nee HMS Staithes that was scrapped interwar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt-cl...

There was no HMS Somerset in WW2 but it's largest City was remembered as HMS Bath USS Hopewell was transferred to the RN as HMS Bath as a Town-class destroyer, and then to the Royal Norwegian Navy as HNoMS Bath. Bath was torpedoed while escorting a trans-Atlantic convoy on 19 August 1941.

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@lydiajane13.bsky.social someone in your sphere of interest minesweeping in Norway very proactive very ruthless and a loose cannon His minesweeping force was called Tigerverband and he developed his own tiny minesweeper and midget submarine #navalhistory

Ever wonder why Oxfam was formed ? It was because of a famine in Greece in WW2 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_F...

A little outside my normal interest , but I've just been to see "Just for one day" the live aid musical. This was one of ships chartered by Liveaid to ship relief supplies.

I am excited to be able to report that the tiny book I started researching in November is now at the proofing stage. I had hoped to use Lulu this time but there was some glitch I just couldnt get past so unfortunately I am back with the evil empire.

HMS Notts County Anti-submarine Trawler , sunk by U-701 south of Iceland 8 Mar 1942. uboat.net/allies/warsh...

The last HMS Oxford was scrapped in 1758 so we have instead HMS Oxford Castle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Oxf...

5 ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Norfolk, after the Duke of Norfolk or the county of Norfolk. In May 1941 Norfolk and her sister ship Suffolk detected the German battleship Bismarck and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen while on patrol in Denmark Strait. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Nor...

No HMS Northampton/Shire probably because of USS Northampton, the lead Northampton-class cruiser in service with the United States Navy. She was named after the city of Northampton, the home of former President Calvin Coolidge She served in the Pacific and was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

HMCS Middlesex was an Algerine-class minesweeper built for the RCN during WW2. Entering service in 1944, the vessel served as a convoy escort in the Battle of the Atlantic. Following the war, the ship ran aground on 2/12/46 and broken up for scrap. navalandmilitarymuseum.org/archives/art...

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lincoln after the city of Lincoln: HMS Lincoln was a Town-class destroyer originally in service with the USN as USS Yarnall. She was transferred to the RN in 1940, lent to the Norwegian Navy in 1941, then the Soviet Navy in 1944 as Druzhny.

During WWII, the Royal Navy had an anti-submarine trawler named HMS Leicester City uboat.net/allies/warsh...

There have been six ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Lancaster HMS Lancaster was a Wickes-class destroyer transferred as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement. www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-1...

Eleven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent and the Duke of Kent. HMS Kent, pennant number 54, was a County-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. She was the lead ship of the Kent subclass

HMS Hertfordshie was an ASW trawler. In March 1942 she was lent to the USN still manned by a British crew, to assist the US's newly formed ASW forces. In Oct 42 she was returned to R.N. control and in Dec Hertfordshire was transferred to S African waters to combat the U-boat threat in this area.

No trace of WW2 , HMS Herefordshire . The SS Herefordshire was a Bibby Line merchant ship built in 1905 that served as a British hospital ship (HMHS Herefordshire) She wrecked off Welsh coast on Cardigan island in 1934 . It's Rats left the sinking ship and sadly wiped put the islands Puffins

HMS Hampshire was an ASW trawler completed in September 1934. Taken over by the Admiralty in Aug 1939. Sold to the French Navy on 28 November 1939 being renamed La Toulonnaise. Scrapped in January 1960. Most famous was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser sunk by a mine in 1916 with Lord Kitchener

1st Glocester was named to commemorate the Parliamentary forces' successful defence of the English city of Gloucester during the 1643 siege by Royalist forces The 9th HMS Gloucester having gained a U in intervening 300 ish years was a Town-class cruiser launched in 1937 and sunk off Crete in 1941

USS Essex (1799) was a 32-gun sailing frigate launched in 1799 and captured in 1814 by British and served as HMS Essex . There was no British HMS Essex in WW2 maybe to avoid confusion with American Carrier ordered in 1940. There was a Trawler HMS Earl Essex that also served in WW1 .

Completed in February 1904 as passenger ship Durham Castle. In September 1939 requisitioned by the Admiralty as stores and accommodation ship HMS Durham Castle On 26 Jan 1940 HMS Durham Castle struck a mine and sank 3 miles E of Cromarty Firth, during a gale and sank in severe icy conditions.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dorsetshire, after the traditional county of Dorsetshire: Original HMS Dorsetshire (1694) was an 80-gun 3rd rate launched in 1694 and sold in 1749. HMS Dorsetshire (40) was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1929 and sunk in 1942.

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8 ships of the RN were named HMS Devonshire, originally in honour of the 1st Duke of Devonshire & later after the county. The cruiser was no 7 The 1st Devonshire (1692) defended herself for several hours against 7 French ships until she caught fire & exploded in 1707 at Battle of the Lizard

HMS Derbyshire The passenger liner Derbyshire was requisitioned by the Admiralty in late 1939, converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser (AMC) www.arborfield-september49ers.co.uk/hmt_derbyshi...

HMS Cornwall,was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Kent sub-class built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1920s. Sixth of the name no 1 being from 1692 The ship was sunk on 5 April by dive bombers from three Japanese aircraft carriers during the Indian Ocean Raid. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cor...

HMS Cheshire was a passenger ship that the Admiralty requisitioned in 1939 and had her converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC) On 14 Oct 40 U-137 attacked Cheshire hitting her with 1 torpedo. Cheshire survived and was repaired . She was scrapped in 57 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Che...

HMT Cambridgeshire requistioned by Admiralty served in Operation Arial rescued passengers from Lancastria and evacuated Alan Brooke . Also served in Operation Neptune en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Cam... #navalhistory

HMS Buckingham (1930) was a Royal Navy trawler converted into a Boom Defence Vessel in 1940, playing a key role in protecting harbors by managing large floating nets and barriers against enemy submarines, especially around the Thames Estuary during World War II uboat.net/allies/warsh...

HMS Berkshire another ASW Trawler. uboat.net/allies/warsh...

HMT Bedfordshire en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMT_Bed... HMT Bedfordshire was a trawler in the service of the Royal Naval Patrol Service during WW2 Transferred to the East Coast of the US to assist the USN with ASW patrols. Bedfordshire was sunk by U-558 on 11 May 1942 with the loss of all hands.