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Philip Hammond: cut welfare not troops Phillip Hammond, Secretary of State for Defence has spoken out in support of the Military, a cynic might say “well there’s a first” but…

The 70th Aniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic will be celebrated in Liverpool, London and Londonderry, Liverpool being the lead city in all the celebrations. The lists below have…

Important stuff first:- This year’s AGM will be held at the  Liner Hotel, Liverpool at 15:00 on Friday the 24th May 2013, all Association members are encouraged to attend. By now, all…

Broken Links, Broken Hearts OK So I am being a bit emotive here but….and this is a very big but, as the website grows there will be some links that…

Gales Seafarer’s Ale Supports Seafarer’s UK Not as you might have thought some diatribe by me about the weather, but I could witter on about that if you would like,…

Two more “O’Boat” photographs for your enjoymemt. This first one shows a very new Olynthus being floated out of drydock on the Tyne and is reproduced here by kind permission…

‘Ere we go again. The Argentine Foreign Minister has suggested that the Falklands will be theirs in 20 years, read the full story HERE. Hector Timmerman Argentine Foreign Minister

The RFAA Members Handbook and Yearbook 2013/14 will shortly be distributed. It has always been said that the London Routemaster Omnibus, a triumph in British design, ingenuity flair and panache…

A Couple of superb photos of RFA Fort Victoria. RFA Fort Victoria currently operating east of Suez has been superbly photographed here by Shaun Jones. Looking at the blue sky,…

The Argentinian Type 42 Destroyer ARA Santísima Trinidad , a veteran of the Falklands War (was the warship that landed the first military forces — 84 marines and a team of divers…