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The Victualling Inshore Craft, or VIC, was a type of auxiliary vessel built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The VIC was modelled on the Clyde puffer, and over 100 were built during the conflict.

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Victualling Inshore Craft

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The Victualling Inshore Craft, or VIC, was a type of auxiliary vessel built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The VIC was modelled on the...

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Clyde puffer

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mostly built in England, with the class name of VIC, standing for "Victualling Inshore Craft". After the war a number of VICs came into the coasting trade...

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Vic

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formation, a fighter formation first used in the First World War Victualling Inshore Craft, a type of Royal Navy auxiliary vessel during the Second World...

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National Historic Fleet

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In private ownership 1451 Advance Richard Dunston Thorne 1942 Victualling Inshore Craft Plymouth Undergoing restoration 79 Alaska J. S. & W. J. Horsham...

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Richard Dunston

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the nineteenth century, boat sizes had standardised somewhat, with most craft being either Sheffield-sized keels with square rigging, or larger Humber...

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Richards Shipbuilders

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vessels, a torpedo recovery ship, eight standard coasters and six Victualling Inshore Craft, a Royal Navy auxiliary vessel based on "Clyde puffers". They...

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Lady Isle

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Isle' still plied its trade in Scottish waters. VIC stands for Victualling Inshore Craft and these ships were technically steam coasting lighters or "puffers"...

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Royal Naval Auxiliary Service

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The service also provided craft and crews to support the Navy in these ports and anchorages. These craft ranged from ex inshore minesweepers, fleet tenders...

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Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy

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wear the "HM Coastal Forces" cap tally were the ship's companies of the inshore minesweepers Dittisham and Flintham on being taken out of reserve in 1968...

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Gosport

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World War; closed 1991), the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard (opened 1828 on the site of an earlier victualling facility, closed 1992) and Royal Hospital...

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Brixham

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late eighteenth century when Brixham functioned as the Royal Navy's victualling station for the Western Approaches. This role was of particular importance...

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Portland Harbour

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breakwater, with its jetty, former victualling store and Inner Pierhead Fort, are Grade II Listed. The victualling store was built around 1850. At the...

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Persian Gulf campaign of 1809

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warships. On 12 November, Wainwright deployed his smaller ships close inshore to bombard the town and provide cover for his troop dispositions offshore...

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Action of 9 November 1822

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War of 1812. Though Alligator's draft was too deep to chase pirate craft inshore, she could send her cutter, gig, and launch out with boarding parties...

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Institute of Naval Medicine

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Prestwick (HMS Gannet) RNAY Wroughton HM Victualling Yard Royal Clarence HM Victualling Yard Royal Victoria HM Victualling Yard Royal William HM Dockyard Woolwich...

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Whydah Gally

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diving Benign water diving Confined water diving Deep diving Inland diving Inshore diving Muck diving Night diving Open-water diving Black-water diving Blue-water...

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Royal East African Navy

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discarded or sold. HMEAS Bassingham - formerly HMS Bassingham, a Ham-class inshore minesweeper acquired from the Royal Navy in June 1958 to replace HMEAS...

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