A HARD FOUGHT SHIP
The
story of HMS Venomous
The second edition of
A Hard Fought
Ship was "launched" at
The
Royal Navy Museum in Portsmouth
on the 14 April 2010
Lt
Cdr John McBeath RN and his No. 1,
Angus "Bloodie" Mackenzie RNR, 1940
Captain John Rodgaard USN and the
publisher, Bill Forster (G.D. Forster)
The veterans
from left: Sydney Compston,
"Yorkie" Russell, former Midshipman Stephen Barney,
George Male and, in front, former AB Harry Haddon (G.D. Forster)
The author, Captain John
Rodgaard USN signing books (left)
and the publisher, Bill Forster,
with Ron Rendell, veteran of HMS Wishart
Fred Thomas,
RDF operator on HMS Venomous
in 1942-3 (left) and at
Derby in 2010 (right)
And to the cadets and officers of TS
Venomous at
Loughborough Town
Hall
by invitation of the Mayor on the 11 April 2010
The Mayor and Mayoress of
Loughborough, Bill Forster, the publisher, presenting Bob Moore's
author copies to Pat Moore
and the co-author of the new edition, Captain John Rodgaard USN (Loughborough Echo)
The third edition of
A Hard Fought
Ship was "launched" at
The Royal College of Defence Studies
on the 9 May 2017
Follow
in the wake of HMS Venomous
on this web site
If a member of your
family served on HMS Venomous check
the list of officers and ratings
