Posted on 09/28/2009 4:36:18 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Quite a few civilian vessels of all kinds were pressed into navy service by all the waring nations. In the Royal Navy, the term “trawler” was kind of a catch-all to describe small vessels that performed routine patrol. Obviously, the U-Boats, Battleships, Aircraft Carriers, etc. got all the newspaper ink.
http://www.harry-tates.org.uk/
The Royal Naval Patrol Service or Harry Tate’s Navy, as it was more popularly known, was a very special service indeed with its own rules and regulations and the unique distinction of having its own exclusive Silver Badge, worn by sea-going officers and ratings alike. Its headquarters were at Sparrow`s Nest, the municipal pleasure ground at Lowestoft, and its fighting fleet consisted of hundreds of requisitioned trawlers, whalers, drifters, paddle steamers, yachts, tugs and the like ‘Minor War Vessels’ as the Admiralty called them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Naval_Patrol_Service
Royal Naval Patrol Service
http://www.rnps.lowestoft.org.uk/more.htm
Royal Naval Patrol Service Association
The discussion about the Trawlers made me think back to some of the WW II “faction” (historical fiction) that I have read over the years.
For all who might like rip-roaring stories of war at sea, this author has no equal. Back forty years ago when I read more for fun, I found his stuff. It is as good as anything C. S. Forrester every wrote.
Yup...what was left of Monte Cassino.
bttt
interesting. I have found a ton of reading material online lately
One of my favorite scenes from the movie “Battle of Britain” is when the Polish pilot parachutes into an English farmer’s field and tries to explain in broken English that he’s not a German.
lol!!
“No no, please put shotgun down.... not German”
I will keep Douglas Reeman in mind for sure. I have read all the Patrick O’Brian Aubrey/Maturin novels at least twice but I haven’t heard of Reeman.
Reeman also has a pen name of Alexander Kent under which he writes about the Royal Navy in the age of sail. His character was Richard Bolitho.
ROOSEVELT VIEWS SEEN AS AKIN TO PONTIFF'S
" 'It is impossible not to perceive the almost literal identity of the essential points enumerated by the statesman of one of the most powerful and modernly positive nations of the world,' continued the editorial, 'and the principles enunciated by the supreme religious leader with the highest spiritual authority of the world. For the Pontiff, preaching springs from revealed truth; for the statesman it comes from concrete experiences.' "
In fact, Franklin Roosevelt was entirely sympathetic to the Brits and French. One has to wonder: what language did FDR use which allowed the Pope to imagine he would accept a Nazi conquest of Poland?
Clearly, the Pope's number one fear was the threat from atheistic Soviet Communism. Because of it he was willing to accept the pagan Nazis' conquest of Poland. FDR, by contrast, had no fear of Communism and a determination that German Nazism must be defeated.
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