Sailors, navies and the war at sea

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1. HMS Vivid 2 HMS Dartmouth and HMAS Australia 1 2

   By Steve @ Keene, 26 April , 2006
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   • horatio2
   • 13 March

2. Looking for the HMAT Suffolk

   By JMO, 16 November , 2007
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   • Celticfox
   • 13 March

3. HMS Ajax

   By Paul Richard McLellan, 10 March
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   • gareth morris
   • 13 March

4. RMLI Victory R M brigade (Gallipoli) 1 2

   By arantxa, 5 March
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   • arantxa
   • 12 March

5. Meaning of P U M ?

   By grantowi, 12 March
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   • grantowi
   • 12 March

6. HMS POWERFUL

   By keithchristmas, 23 July , 2008
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   • Karen Chidzey Wood
   • 12 March

7. S.S. Unity sunk on 2nd May 1915 Off Folkestone.

   By dabtoe, 11 March
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   • dabtoe
   • 11 March

8. Royal Navy - Pensioner and Boy Bug[ler?] 1 2

   By Ian Burns, 17 June , 2023
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   • Ian Burns
   • 11 March

9. Royal Navy Pensioners at sea WW1

   By Ian Burns, 10 March
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   • DavidOwen
   • 10 March

10. Photo-ID, Russian Battleship “Evstafi“ or Battlecruiser “SMS Goeben“?

    By Holger Kotthaus, 6 March
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    • MikB
    • 9 March

11. For service in land operations

    By adam1981, 9 March
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    • Keith_history_buff
    • 9 March

12. Naval service of an Able Seaman in WW2 (with apologies!)

    By FrancesH, 7 March
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    • FrancesH
    • 9 March

13. SS Rohilla

    By RobL, 11 September , 2009
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    • seaJane
    • 6 March

14. from Soviet Empire Chronology of Naval Warfare During the RCW

    By James A Pratt III, 1 March
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    • James A Pratt III
    • 5 March

15. S.S. City of Poona

    By GraemeClarke, 19 February , 2010   

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    • KizmeRD
    • 5 March

16. Petty Officer Hopkins, H.M.S. Minstrel.

    By high wood, 4 March
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    • high wood
    • 5 March

17. SS Baykerran

    By Solo33, 28 April , 2006
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    • R G C
    • 5 March

18. Canteen Steward Wilfred John Townrow, Mercantile Marine Reserve, Service N° 682566 – H.M.S India

    By George Millar, 3 March
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    • George Millar
    • 4 March

19. Accuracy of Sextant

    By JMB1943, 1 March   

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    • KizmeRD
    • 3 March

20. Need help deciphering service record for Aaron Middleton

    By Middleton, 26 January
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    • horatio2
    • 3 March

21. Interpreting names of ships on a RNR record

    By Khloe, 3 March
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    • Khloe
    • 3 March

22. How were they affixed? RNVR etc., Shoulder-boards

    By Kimberley John Lindsay, 1 March
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    • Kimberley John Lindsay
    • 3 March

23. SS Armenian

    By eagleeye, 31 July , 2005
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    • texasranger
    • 3 March

24. SS Invicta 1 2

    By BRIAN TALMER, 8 May , 2005   

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    • Tracey Ball
    • 3 March

25. Looking for Shetland reference in The Sea is Strong, by Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair, Harrap, 1961

    By JohnH, 2 March
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    • michaeldr
    • 3 March