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John Mundya on broadside warship weapons (1981)

Genre

Interview

John Munday of the National Maritime Museum on the history of broadside warship weapons. He says the biggest shot fired from a battleship weighed 42 pounds. Male interviewer not identified.

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The Mary Rose Trust - nd [1975-1986]

In the Summer of 1982, an amazing spectacle will take place in the waters of the Solent - the plans are now being completed for the raising of a Tudor warship that went down in battle against the French...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Gulf War - Missile attack on British warship (1991)

Genre

News report

Report from HMS Gloucester on an Iraqi missile attack on the British warship: how the missile was tracked by radar and shot out of the sky; reports of debris; a description of the missile. Male reporter not...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Commanding officer addresses crew of US warship (1991)

Genre

Speech

Commanding officer of the US warship, USS Wisconsin, David Bill tells his crew that they will need to be ready following Saddam Hussein’s decision not to pull out of Kuwait.

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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

Final voyage of Ark Royal (1978)

Genre

News report

Jim Dallmeyer reports from Plymouth on the final voyage of the Ark Royal warship.

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Tog Mor lifting Mary Rose (1982)

Genre

News report

Report on raising of the Mary Rose, a Tudor warship, as the crane Tog Mor begins the lift. It was finally raised out of the sea on 11/10/82. Male reporter not identified

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

US perspective on Mary Rose (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Russell Reynolds, President of the American Mary Rose Trust, on the money they raised for the operation and knowledge of the warship in the USA, following its successful raising from the...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Mary Rose salvage fundraising (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with the managing director of a recruitment company (not identified) on a caption competition designed to raise funds for the salvaging of Tudor warship, the Mary Rose, off the coast of Portsmouth....

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Raising of Mary Rose (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Colonel Peter Chitty, in charge of the team of army divers, on how the operation has been going to recover the wreck of the Mary Rose warship. Prior to the final raising on 11/10/82. Male...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio