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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

Wartime Navy: Reminiscences of the British Navy in the Second World War (1981)

WARTIME NAVY [Series RADIO VICTORY ARCHIVE] Reminiscences of the British Navy in the Second World War, written and read by H MORIN SCOTT, and broadcast on Radio Victory, 7 September 1981. TRACK 1- RECORDING...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Fishing wars - Navy protection (1995)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the Fisheries Minister Michael Jack on the latest developments in the fishing wars between Spanish and English fishermen including Royal Navy protection for British ships. Interviewer not heard.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Heavy Navy losses in Falklands (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on losses sustained by the British Navy as ground troops make progress through the Falkland Islands. Male reporter not identified (poss. Kim Sabido).

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

French fishermen attack navy over fishing limits (1993)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Agriculture Minister John Gummer on enforcing British fishing limits with possibility of arming officers, after an attack on the navy by French trawlermen. Reacts to the claim the situation...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Captain of the Gentle Breeze on his ship being attacked (1987)

Genre

Interview

Ben Brown speaks to the captain (surname poss. Soman) of the Gentle Breeze about the attack on his ship as it travelled through the Persian Gulf, and the lack of protection from the British Royal Navy.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

William Neal and bathtub boat (1983)

Genre

News report

Report on 22 year-old British Merchant Navy Seaman William Neal and his attempt to sail 1700 miles in a 6-foot bathtub fitted with a motor engine. On the problems he has encountered with the Swedish Navy on...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

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.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Navy role and success in Gulf war (1991)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the captain of a British warship on the role of warships and the Navy during the conflict in the Gulf and their success. Male interviewer not identified. Captain and warship not identified.

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Naval attack sinks seven vessels - Gulf War (1991)

Genre

News report

A Royal Navy operation in the Gulf, just off the Iraqi coast, has destroyed seven vessels. Among those destroyed by the Royal Navy’s Lynx attack helicopter and the American Intruder and Hornet aircraft...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio