12 February 2017: The Innes McCartney InterviewDavid had the great pleasure of interviewing nautical archaeologist, author, diver, speaker and TV contributor, Dr Innes McCartney, for Plymouth at War.
At the 35th International Shipwreck Conference, Innes discussed his recent multibeam survey of the scuttled German fleet at Scapa Flow and the illegal salvage of the Battle of Jutland shipwrecks. The sad topic of the complete salvage of Devonport built HMS Exeter was touched upon, along with details of his recent discovery of World War Two T-Class submarine, HMS Tarpon. Click on the photo to watch the YouTube interview |
06 January 2017: A Prelude to DDay - A YouTube trilogy released by Plymouth At War
David narrates and appears in a trilogy of films by Plymouth At War. These short films detail the use of Slapton Sands in Devon as a battle training area prior to DDay. Slapton - A Prelude to DDay, offers an interesting insight to the tragic events which took place in the surrounding area over 70 years ago.
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20 October 2016: Surcouf - A Bloody Boarding at Devonport
October 2016 saw David present his third talk on the Bloody Boarding of the French submarine Surcouf. A forgotten incident which took place at Devonport Dockyard in July 1940. The presentation was packed with many rare photographs combined with even rarer archive film footage. David revealed several of Surcouf's secrets and even de-bunked a few of the wild conspiracy theories which still surround the missing submarine today.
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July 2015: The War and Peace Revival
In July 2015, David attended the author tent at the War and Peace Revival in support of his book Being Silent They Speak. David spent an enjoyable two days chatting with many visitors and signing books. It was a fantastic event, topped off by meeting the chaps from TV's Quest Channel's Combat Dealers and seeing the cast of Allo Allo!
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