As a Royal Navy volunteer in World War One, he had become all too aware of the threat from Germany’s U-boats. Wilkinson decided he could use his artistic skills to protect Allied ships.

Many fishermen were part of the 'Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve' and could be called on to help the Royal Navy. Food shops included greengrocers (vegetables and fruit), bakers, butchers and fishmongers.

Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors lost in one of the first great naval actions of World War 1.

Were the Unterseeboots Ready for War? U-boats were the submarine arm of the German navy and a month into WW1 they struck at the Royal Navy when U-21 sank the cruiser HMS Pathfinder. This was the ...