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Honouring our Heroes: telling their stories – National Museum of the Royal Navy launches appeal for final £2.5million to open the Royal Marines Experience
A national fundraising campaign has today, Tuesday 31 March, been launched by The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) to raise the final £2.5…
Help needed to save the iconic Yomper statue and keep the flag flying, donations to be doubled in Big Give Christmas Challenge
The National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) and Royal Marines veteran volunteers are calling on the public to help protect the Yomper - a unique…
Penguin Books and the Royal Navy: From Typography to Torpedoes
Part 2: Ruari McLeanIn our last blog post, we explored the unexpected role of a submarine commander in the creation of the Penguin Books logo. But as…
Penguin Books and the Royal Navy: From Logos to Lieutenant Commander
Part 1: The Story Behind the Penguin Books LogoLogos are often the silent storytellers of a brand’s identity. Some are meticulously crafted by…
Commemorating Operation Roast and Corporal Thomas Peck Hunter VC
80 years ago today 43 Commando Royal Marines took part in Operation Roast – the Battle of Lake Comacchio in Italy during the Second World War. One of…
British Special Service Squadron - September 1924
In this final instalment of the blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy follows the final movements of the British Special Service…
British Special Service Squadron - August 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron – July 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
Funding Announced To Reimagine Historic Boathouse Including New Royal Marines Museum
The National Museum of the Royal Navy has secured Development Round funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund
British Special Service Squadron - June 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron - May 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron - April 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
The British Special Service Squadron - March 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
The British Special Service Squadron - Journey to Singapore 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron - January 1924
In this ongoing blog series, the National Museum of the Royal Navy is following the route of the British Special Service Squadron during the…
British Special Service Squadron 1923 - the first ports of call
December 8th, At Sea. At 7am we sighted the West Coast of Africa, but owing to a low lying mist could not plainly discern the entrance to the…