FIRST TEST WAS 1952
By Derby Telegraph | Posted: November 28, 2013
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THE UK tested its first hydrogen bombs during Operation Grapple near Christmas Island in the South Pacific during the 1950s.
At the end of May 1956, about 1,200 civilians and servicemen were sent to Christmas Island during 1956.
These tests continued until 1958. Nine nuclear explosions were carried out.
In 2005, a study in New Zealand concluded that sailors from the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Navy and Fijian Navy who observed the tests from nearby ships later suffered adverse health effects from exposure to radiation fallout, including cancer and genetic abnormalities in the veterans' child
Scapa Flow, The Orkneys, and HMS Royal Oak, sunk October 1939.
Night-Service HK Jetfoil Hits 'Object', 85 Injured
About 85 people have been injured, six of them seriously, when the high-speed ferry hit an unidentified object while travelling to the gaming mecca of Macau reports BBC News.
The accident, which threw many of the 100+ passengers out of their seats, happened in the early hours of the morning near the island of Hei Ling Chau, while the jetfoil, operating at normal speed, was on a routine voyage from Hong Kong to Macau. Following the incident the jetfoil was towed back to the ferry terminal in HK, reports BBC News citing Hong Kong officials.
Referring to information from an Agence France-Presse news agency report, BBC News name the vessel involved as Madeira [owners TurboJet].
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Scapa Flow, The Orkneys, and HMS Royal Oak, sunk October 1939.
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Home To Glasgow For HMS DEFENDER
The state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will visit Glasgow – her adopted city – for the first time since she was delivered to the Royal Navy.
HMS Defender sails in under the command of Commander Philip Nash, who also served on the city’s previous twinned ship – HMS Glasgow; a proud and welcome return for him.
HMS Defender will go alongside at King George V Dock near Braehead at around 10am on Friday November 29 and Glasgow school pupils will have the opportunity to get up close and personal with their ship in the afternoon with pre-arranged tours.
The ship’s company will be hosted by the city at a special reception in Glasgow City Chambers in the evening – an h
