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November 11, 2022November 11, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about a curious hole in a wall, its former life as part of the Leith Naval Yard and what it has to do with “Mons Meg”

October 13, 2022October 13, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the last voyage of the Battlecruiser “Moltke”; or how a German warship almost destroyed the Forth Bridge after 8 years on the seabed

October 12, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about Watson-Watt, Wilkins and Wacław Struszyński; whose work on top-secret electronics to detect aircraft and submarines appreciably shortened World War 2

September 29, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the warships built in Leith by Henry Robb during World War 2 and what became of them all

September 23, 2022September 23, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the short life and times of the first Royal Navy warship built in Leith and why it took so long to build more

September 18, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the 20th Century Naval Reserves in Leith and Granton and the tenuous link to 17th Century Jacobitism

September 16, 2022September 18, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about John Paul Jones; the Scottish-born American naval hero who almost captured Edinburgh and Leith but lived to tell the tale

September 9, 2022September 25, 2022 threadinburgh

The thread about the tragic farce of the “Battle of May Island,” when the Royal Navy fought itself and lost

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