Wartime Navy: Reminiscences of the British Navy in the Second World War

Title

Wartime Navy: Reminiscences of the British Navy in the Second World War

Transmission details

7 Sep 1981

Description

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 OLD ENGLISH FOLK SONGS IN NEW YORK. In - It has been said ... Memories of HMS Duncan which acted as escort to HMS Ramillies to New York in autumn 1942. British sailors record a song book, compiled by an officer, of folk and popular songs on New York coin operated gramophone record machine causing great interest to crowd assembled outside who were listening to the singing from horn erected outside on building. TRACK 2- VISIT TO A GERMAN TOWN IN 1942. In - February 1942 ... Recalls visit as midshipman on HMS Auricula in 1942 to former German colonial town in what is now Namibia. Most men of this town had been interned in South Africa, leaving a town mainly of women. The town was totally German. TRACK 3- THE SUBMARINE BOARDING PARTY. In - On August 27th 1941 ... Describes evolution of standard method of capturing German U-Boats by British ships and its drawbacks. TRACK 4- THE NAVAL KAMIKAZE In - In Singapore ... Recalls purchase of ex-Japanese speedboat built for suicide mission at end of war in Singapore, and its unstoppable engine. Out -... a genuine design error. [Box 6]

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Duration

00:21:54

Misc. notes

Gauge:-1/8 inch tape

Production company

Radio Victory

Extent

1 tape

Credits

Presenter

H Morin Scott

writer and reader

H Morin Scott