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2011-08-05 Africa North

Libya: HMS Liverpool comes under heavy fire

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Posted by tipper 2011-08-05 01:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Illumination rounds? What is this, Savo Island 1942?

Posted by gromky 2011-08-05 08:38|| 2011-08-05 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Would they be Willie Pete rounds? If so, I bet the left doesn't mumble a word.

Posted by Beavis 2011-08-05 08:55|| 2011-08-05 08:55|| Front Page Top

#3 HMS Liverpool homepage

Commander Colin Williams BSc Royal Navy.

Actual quote: "It was a good old fashioned ding-dong."

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-08-05 09:44|| 2011-08-05 09:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Illumination rounds? What is this, Savo Island 1942?

Yes. No. Savo Island was a ship-to-ship affair.

Posted by S 2011-08-05 10:50|| 2011-08-05 10:50|| Front Page Top

#5 USS Monssen?

I suggest Neptune's Inferno to those interested, it is quite detailed and still readable.

Also interesting, Ship of Ghosts, dealing with Dutch East Indies and Indochina prison life.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-05 15:37|| 2011-08-05 15:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Clearly he must mean "ding-a-dong".

D *** NG IT, IN THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH, CAPITAIN, FTLG + STOUT + HORNBLOWER IN THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH!

Oh wait ...

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-05 21:00|| 2011-08-05 21:00|| Front Page Top

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