By the Editor – Why remember? Because our history is not just an invaluable bank of lessons but it is the fabric of the RN’s traditions and ethos – when things get tough who are you or I to let down a millennium of our history and those who sacrificed all, such as in HMS Neptune? I highly recommend taking a few moments to watch Norman Walton being interviewed towards the end of his life (http://www.hmsneptune.com/norman- walton-interview.htm). Eighty years ago, on the night of 19 December 1941, there occurred one of the most expensive but least known naval disasters of the Second World War. Th…
