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Welcome to the Website

This section of the Benjidog website is about British Battleships and Battle Cruisers.

The research and hard work has been done by Steve Woodward. My contribution has been as editor although I have made some minor additions and added some photographs. Some of these pages were formerly included in the Miscellaneous Ship Histories section but have been moved as they deserve their own section.

The Battleships and Battle Cruisers section was started on 19 June but given the quantity of material it is likely to take until the end of the year to prepare and upload all of Steve’s excellent work.

Brian Watson

20 June 2010

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Section	Content
The Allen Collection	Over 5,000 nautical photographs collected by a father and son over a period of 60 years.
Court Line	The history of Court Line ships including factual information, career highlights, service history (including details of service in WW1 and WW2) and ultimate fate.
Recollections	Personal accounts by members of the Merchant Navy and others especially during WW2 with numerous contemporary photographs.
Miscellaneous Ship Histories	Histories of various ships of interest - particularly ones referred to in the Recollections section.
Govan to Nuremburg - The History of Athenia (II)	The history of the passenger ship sunk on the first day of WW2 and the aftermath through to the Nuremburg War Crime trials.
British & Commonwealth Battleships and Battle Cruisers	Histories of these fighting ships written by Steve Woodward.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Tower Hill Memorial	Photos of the site, close ups of the plaques and brief background information for each ship recorded. An ongoing project.
Nautical Links and Other Resources	Links to nautical websites and various research resources.