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Navy report on Hurricane David (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with a male Royal Navy chief, on the effects of Hurricane David in the Caribbean. He comments on messages from the crew of the British Navy frigate HMS Fife, which is anchored off the coast of the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Memories from HMS Hood - Ted Briggs Interview. 3 Reels - nd [1975-1986]

Interview with Ted Briggs, one of the survivors of the HMS Hood, sunk during the Second World War. This ship was the pride of the Royal Navy. On the Track 2, Ted Briggs explores the events leading up to the...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Falklands war - merchant navy (1982)

Genre

News report

Paul Maurice reports on the UK merchant navy fleet which will be deployed in the South Atlantic to aid the Royal Navy task force which is heading for the Falkland Islands following the Argentine invasion.

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Queen Mother launches Ark Royal (1981)

Genre

Speech

Speech by Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother at the launch of the new Royal Navy aircraft carrier, Ark Royal at the Swan Hunter shipyard on Tyneside.

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Holland 1 submarine resurfaces (1982)

Genre

Interview

Richard Compton-Hall, curator of the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport in Hampshire, on the resurfacing of Britain’s oldest submarine, Holland 1. Male interviewer not identified.

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Royal Navy in Persian Gulf (1990)

Genre

News report; Interview

George Matheson spends a day on patrol with the Royal Navy’s HMS Jupiter. Includes interviews with the ship’s navigator, David Reindorf(?), and the captain, John Wright.

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Navy minesweeper in Gulf (1990)

Genre

Interview

Interview on board with Royal Navy captain on minesweeping operations off the coast of Kuwait during the Gulf crisis. Says they are well-prepared; outlines their anti-aircraft capabilitites. Male interviewer...

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New Royal Navy secret bunker at Northwood (1985)

Genre

Interview; News report

Paul Maurice reports on the sixty million pound secret bunker at Royal Navy headquarters in Northwood which is to be opened by Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and from which the Navy’s submarines and...

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Sea mines cleared in Gulf (1991)

Genre

Interview

Commodore Christopher Craig, Royal Navy commander in the Gulf says the Royal Navy operation to remove Iraqi mines from waters in in the Gulf is going remarkably well. The mines are being removed prior to a...

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Gulf war military progress (1991)

Genre

News report

Report on the Royal Navy ship HMS Cardiff destroying an Iraqi Navy boat near the coast of Kuwait and other ongoing military action in the Gulf war. Male reporter not identified. Audio clarity poor in places.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio