HMS Ulysses

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Snr Aircraftsman Bede McGurk, 65 Christmas Island. Daughter 1960, spinal abnormality. Son 1961, cancer. Granddaughter 1990, malformed vocal chords. Commander Turner smiled sardonically to himself. A pretty speech, Vincent boy, very pretty indeed—although perhaps a touch reminiscent of Victorian melodrama: the clenched teeth act was definitely overdone. Pity he didn’t stand for Parliament—he’d be a terrific asset to any Government Front Bench. Suppose the old boy’s really too honest for that, he thought in vague surprise.

They’re doing it anyway, my boy. The Ulysses must—ah—redeem itself.’ Brooks opened his eyes. ‘Gad the very thought appals me. If there’s any of that poison left, my boy…’ Johnston, Martin (23 September 2005). "Genetic damage found among N-test veterans". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013 . Retrieved 1 November 2011. Goldberg, Alfred (July 1964). "The Atomic Origins of the British Nuclear Deterrent". International Affairs. 40 (3): 409–429. doi: 10.2307/2610825. JSTOR 2610825. ammunition, and oil along the Arctic route from the U.S. to Russia. MacLean had been part of two Arctic convoys a Pte Anthony Ferguson, 63 Christmas Isle. Son 1962, liver disease. Daughter 1964, three miscarriages. Granddaughter 1993, deformed toes.Pte Raymond Woodward, 66 Christmas Island. Daughter 1979, deformed shoulder and arm. Grandson 1989, heart murmers. Arnold, Lorna; Smith, Mark (2006). Britain, Australia and the Bomb: The Nuclear Tests and Their Aftermath. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-4039-2102-4. OCLC 70673342. Al Rowland in New Zealander of 2009 list". Massey University. Archived from the original on 18 April 2018 . Retrieved 19 April 2018. The next test was of Flagpole, an unboosted version of Orange Herald known as Indigo Herald. [138] It was air dropped by Valiant XD822, flown by Squadron Leader Bill Bailey, with XD818 flown by Flight Lieutenant Tiff O'Connor as the grandstand aircraft, on 2 September 1958. This was the first live drop of a British nuclear weapon using blind radar technique. This meant that the bomb would be dropped using radar rather than visually with the optical bombsight, a technique normally reserved for when a target is obscured by cloud or smoke. Bailey managed to place the bomb 95 yards (87m) from the target. [139] It detonated at 8,500 feet (2,600m) about 2.5 kilometres (1.6mi) offshore from South East Point on Christmas Island at 08:24 with a yield of about 1.2 megatonnes of TNT (5.02PJ). [74] [140]

Pte Alec McRae, 66 Christmas Island. Grandson 1987, small, poor health, eczema. Granddaughter 1989, bone problems.Able Seaman Kenneth Atkinson, 72 Monte Bello. Daughter 1957, six toes on one foot. Son 1955, hyperactive - had to be sedated at birth. Grandson 1989, hyperactive and mental problems. I hate to say this in front of the Captain, but every officer in the ship—except Captain Vallery—knows that the men would have mutinied, as you call it, long ago, but for one thing—Captain Vallery. The intense personal loyalty of the crew to the Captain, the devotion almost to the other side of idolatry is something quite unique in my experience, Admiral Starr.’ Botti, Timothy J. (1987). The Long Wait: The Forging of the Anglo-American Nuclear Alliance, 1945–58. Contributions in Military Studies. New York: Greenwood Press. ISBN 978-0-313-25902-9. OCLC 464084495.

Pte William Peaukt Christmas Island. Died 1997, aged 64. Grandson 1991, serious physical handicaps. Grandson 1996, born with hare lip. I have read most of Maclean's works and really enjoyed most of them. Granted I read many of them as a much younger kid growing up in South Africa, but they were always exciting and so I was thrilled when they finally released the audio books here on Audible. Bloody awful. His nibs threatened to string us all from the yardarm. Took a special dislike to me—said I was to be booted off the ship instanter. Meant it, too.’ Sheers, Owen (1 August 2008). "Bomb Gone". Granta. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021 . Retrieved 19 April 2018.I’m a naval doctor, Admiral Starr—I’ve been a doctor for over thirty years now.’ He smiled faintly. ‘Maybe I’m not a very good doctor, perhaps I don’t keep quite so abreast of the latest medical developments as I might, but I believe I can claim to know a great deal about human nature—this is no time for modesty—about how the mind works, about the wonderfully intricate interaction of mind and body.