More Lives Than a Ship’s Cat: The Most Highly Decorated Midshipman 1939–1945 mug sometimes years

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a cruiser and two destroyers escorted the eight merchant vessels

travelling on the local buses

His story is full of insights into wartime naval flying

Despite valiant attempts to extinguish the fire the Harmatris was forced to return to Glasgow for repair

More Lives Than a Ship’s Cat: The Most Highly Decorated Midshipman 1939–1945 mug sometimes yearsBy any standards Mick Stokes experiences in the Royal Navy during the Second World War were remarkable. Aged nineteen, he was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his courage during incessant bombing during the Siege of Tobruk. He survived multiple torpedo attacks, firstly serving on the cruiser Glasgow, which was hit twice; on the battleship Queen Elizabeth at sea and blown up by human torpedoes at Alexandria; and