It's odd, seeing the masts in the distance. Three of them, their rigging just visible, extend above the surrounding buildings. Hartlepool, in the northeast of England, might be a port town, but the ...

THE last of Nelson’s frigates, HMS Trincomalee, has joined an illustrious fleet. Britain’s oldest floating warship - which since 1987 has been berthed in Hartlepool - has become a full subsidiary of ...

REMOVAL men more used to ferrying furniture to new homes and businesses have lent their expertise to an unusual gratis client. Watson's Removals, headquartered in Darlington, were called on by the ...

All aboard for swashbuckling fun at the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool this summer. Just a short drive away, this popular family destination at Jackson Dock offers the chance to ...

Message 1 - HMS WHELP Posted on: 17 February 2005 by SID BROWNE I was interested in the story of the RN Officer of HMS Whelp in WW2 and the visit to Trincomalee. I happened to be stationed in ...

Other proposals for the whole Historic Quay area include a radical relocation of the nearby paddle steamer Wingfield Castle. Stuart Green, the council's head of planning and economic development, said ...

An historic floating museum is to return to service after hull repairs were completed a month early. The paddle steamer Wingfield Castle, which was built in 1934, is set to return to her mooring in ...

Written by Kenneth Waterson, telegraphist (trained operator). As observed from the R Class destroyer HMS Relentless, anchored in Trincomalee Harbour Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The end of the war came ...