Since 2015 I am researching my father's past in the Royal Navy. He started his career as a Boy Signalman in HMS St. George in 1943 and retired in 1971 with the rank of Captain as XO of the Malaysian Navy (a post provided by the RN till that time). In between he has sailed in a cruiser, a variety of A, S, and T-Class submarines, including two Depot ships, sailed in Aircraft carriers and frigates and in a coule of shore base assignments.
In that research, the shore base assignments are the hardest to fin information about what he did (I found one NATO STANAG with his name on it...).
Information about what he did when he was appointed to a ship or boat is a lot easier. The National Archies in Kew have a lot of ship's logs which provide ample detail about the whereabouts of a ship and what happened during that time.
To make research easier for other people I compiled a document which helps to extract information out of the ship's logs for people with less experience.
This also includes means to find out where a ship has been on a certain time and date. For certain ships, I have been able to record the trips on Google maps with amazing accuracy (triangulation with errors less than 30 feet of margin...).
I hope people can use this information in the attachment and am curious to receive comments and corrections.
I also have a list with reference points, but that list is to big to be uploaded (1,3kB).
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