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The ‘Battle' of May Island January 1917 and K-Class Submarines of the First World War

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This was neither a ‘battle’ nor an engagement of any kind with the enemy, but nonetheless, it left over a hundred families grieving the loss of a loved one in a series of mishaps: yet another tragic chapter in the short history of the ill-fated K Class submarines. Above a Royal Mail commemorative cover (dated 31 January 1993 - being the 75th An...

"The most important naval fortress in the British Empire". The fortification of the Firth of Forth 1880-1977. A talk by Dr Gordon Barclay.

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"Yet in 1916 the Forth became the most powerful naval fortress – most powerful whether measured by armament, by garrison, or by any other standard – in the British Empire, and probably, therefore, in the World." General George K Scott-Moncrieff, Director, Fortifications & Works, War Office, 1911-1918. Chambers’s Journal (1922) Gordon's talk...

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