Acknowledgements


Thanks are due to the following:
  • Robin A Allum (Bramble) for the bosun's call, "Piping the Side". Recorded at Blackpool 12th May 2013>
  • "The Algerines Association" for the opening bars of "March for the Algerines", from their CD of that name.
  • To Jack Williams for the material drawn from his two books, "They Led The Way" ISBN 0 9523141 0 X, and "THE ALGERINES - Fleet Minesweepers of the Royal Navy 1942 - 1961" ISBN 0 9523141 1 8. Also from his articles in "Ships Monthly" 1984, Issues April to July inclusive, which were the source of material on the Flotilla's.
  • The information on the 'badge pages', referring to the origin of the badges and heraldic descriptions, have been taken from ISBN 0 9529346 0 4, "ADMIRALITY SHIPS BADGES Original Patterns 1919-1994" by T.P.Stopford.
  • The ships badges are Crown Copyright.
  • The bulk of the material used on the "War and Post War Activities in the Mediterranean" pages, has been sourced from the archives of the "Times (or Sunday Times) of Malta. Unfortunately, pictures contained in these archived copies are of low quality, and the originals are inaccessible as they were destroyed in the fire of 1979. Unless otherwise qualified, intellectual property rights including copyright in timesofmalta.com belong to or have been licensed to Allied Newspapers Limited.
  • The picture on the Cairn memorial page is Crown Copyright.
  • Examples of the Ships' Routines are taken from Manual of Seamanship Vol.1 1951 and also BR1938 (1951) Naval Ratings Handbook
All of these sources are hereby gratefully acknowledged.


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