When I joined (the RN Dragon Rider Corps in the Napoleonic Wars) I dealt only with active duty RN from the moment I stepped inside the recruitment office. The sole civvie was an ex RN Chirurgeon/GP, … (View Post)

Mothballing Albion and Bulwark actually makes quite a lot of sense in the context of the ongoing slow motion catastrophe. The UK is never going to do an amphibious assault as, much like an airborne a… (View Post)

The engine is seized so it's scrap. I need the oil pan to make my S54 engine fit in the E30 that's on its way from South Africa. The only clean example I can find was attached to a car so I… (View Post)

Argyll is the oldest T23 so it wouldn’t surprise me if they got her into dry dock for upkeep last year and realised she was beyond saving. (View Post)

The two big missed opportunities (apart from not doing Mrs Werrity's 2010 5,000 RN redundancies in the first place) were not opening recruitment to EU nationals and not doing direct entry Petty … (View Post)