Titles in Special Collections are in that area on the 3rd floor. Titles on microfilm are in the Microform Room on the 1st floor. By the end of the war, the aircraft carrier and the aeroplane had overtaken the. Titles with no location are print bound volumes shelved alphabetically on the 2nd floor. The long range striking power of aircraft made it possible to attack enemy fleets in harbour, a tactic used by the Fleet Air Arm in attacking the Italian Navy at Taranto in November 1940, and by the Japanese against the Americans at Pearl Harbor in December 1941. F.Titles in blue link to some online access. CLSG = Commander Logistic Support Group RNVR = Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, SANF(V) – South African Naval Force (Volunteer) RAN = Royal Australian Navy, RCN = Royal Canadian Navy, RNZN = Royal New Zealand Navy, SAN = South African Navy Mr Tinkler, 96, who hails from Peterborough but now lives. RA = Rear Admiral, VA = Vice Admiral, C in C = Commander in Chief, RAFT= Rear Admiral Fleet Train, COMAT = Commodore Air Train. Former radar operator Ken Tinkler served with the Royal Navy and was in Tokyo at the time of the Japanese surrender in September 1945. ‡ = Joined after August 15th 1945 or no active service, + = Bar award to medal. This table will show these temporary pennant numbers were they are known.
Note on Pennant numbers: Temporary numbers were issued to all vessels to bring them into line with US Naval practice however these do not appear to have been applied to the hulls of all BPF vessels. The new British Pacific Fleet took with it the best ships in the East, leaving Sir Arthur Power in Ceylon with a fleet as numerically large (75 vessels) as it was short of powerful ships. Green links take users to histories already covered in other areas of the Royal Navy Research Archive. Use the quick links at the top of the page to go directly to a warship type.īlue links are completed pages, Black links are pages under construction.
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