Rank equals: Acting Leading Signalman |
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| The son of John Askew and Hannah Jane Askew (nee Turnbull). When the 1939 Register was compiled, he was at home with his mother and siblings at No. 5, Robinson's Buildings, Washington, County Durham, and Norman Askew was reported to be an apprentice blacksmith. It is not reported when he joined the Royal Navy, but he was trained as a signalman, and in August 1945 he was serving as a leading signalman in His Norwegian Majesty's Submarine Utsira at Ubatatastonen, Bergen, in Norway, as a member of the RN Liaison Crew. It is reported that he died from an accidentally self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission
I have often looked for an opportunity of paying tribute to our submariners.
There is no branch of His Majesty's Forces which in this war has suffered the same proportion of total loss as our submarine service.
It is the most dangerous of all services.
That is perhaps the reason why the First Lord tells me that the entry into it is keenly sought by Officers and Men.
I feel sure the House would wish to testify its gratitude and admiration to our Submariners for their Skill - Courage and Devotion which has proved of inestimable value to the sustenance of our country.
Winston Churchill
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We Will Remember Them |
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The Royal Navy's all nuclear-powered submarine force arrived just a few years after it accepted for service four modern diesel-electric submarines of the UPHOLDER (S40) class (designated SSK for hunter killer). The decision to retire these excellent boats was made for financial reasons following the Cold War. This note reviews the Upholders and their retirement from the fleet.
In the near future a French submarine finds itself in a global crisis when a group of terrorists steal a submarine and simulate a nuclear attack.
Commandant Grandchamp and his expert acoustic analysts must defy their own governments' orders amid high-stakes international tensions and battle to save the world from apocalypse.
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The Royal Navy's all nuclear-powered submarine force arrived just a few years after it accepted for service four modern diesel-electric submarines of the UPHOLDER (S40) class (designated SSK for hunter killer). The decision to retire these excellent boats was made for financial reasons following the Cold War. This note reviews the Upholders and their retirement from the fleet.
In the near future a French submarine finds itself in a global crisis when a group of terrorists steal a submarine and simulate a nuclear attack.
Commandant Grandchamp and his expert acoustic analysts must defy their own governments' orders amid high-stakes international tensions and battle to save the world from apocalypse.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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