Shaun Lewis
Naval Heroes of WWI - Martin Nasmith VC
The hero of my submarine novel, The Custom of the Trade, is partially based on the exploits of Lieutenant Commander Martin Nasmith during...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 30, 2019
- 2 min
Unsung Heroes and Forgotten Campaigns
A continuing theme of my novels is the often unsung heroes and largely unknown activities of the Royal Navy in WW1. My aim is to bring...
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Shaun Lewis
- Oct 7, 2019
- 2 min
Ungentlemanly conduct in the Baltic
I am now about two thirds of the way through the first draft of my latest and fourth WW1 naval thriller, Where the Baltic Ice is Thin. I...
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Shaun Lewis
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
How to kill a WW1 submarine
Several readers of my WW1 submarine thriller, The Custom of the Trade, have expressed surprise at how difficult it was to detect and sink...
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Shaun Lewis
- Aug 19, 2019
- 2 min
WHY DO FILM MAKERS DISTORT HISTORY SO BADLY?
This weekend, I watched a dreadful submarine film, K-19: The Widowmaker’. It had an all-star cast, including Joss Ackland, Harrison Ford...
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Shaun Lewis
- Jul 13, 2019
- 2 min
Hydrogen gas and submarines. Danger!
In my submarine thriller, The Custom of the Trade, I describe an accident in an early submarine caused by hydrogen gas. Even today,...
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Shaun Lewis
- Jun 24, 2019
- 2 min
The submarine with two VCs
The forgotten, but outstandingly successful submarine campaign in the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, deprived the Turks of vital...
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Shaun Lewis
- May 20, 2019
- 2 min
The First Submarine Escape
I open my first novel, The Custom of the Trade, with a tragic submarine accident, in September 1911. The inspiration for my story came...
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Shaun Lewis
- Apr 23, 2019
- 2 min
Another submarine salty dit – or how my mother learned I had grown a beard
In submarines it is quite common not to shave when on patrol. This is a throw- back to the days when the Royal Navy operated...
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Shaun Lewis
- Apr 8, 2019
- 3 min
Another dodgy moment in submarines
Following the popularity of my post last week, I am bowing to demand by dredging up other tales from my memory banks about the more...
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Shaun Lewis
- Apr 1, 2019
- 4 min
Dodgy moments in submarines ... and the changing density of sea water
During my days in submarines, I and several others spent far too much time down near the Falkland Islands for our liking. This was in...
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Shaun Lewis
- Mar 4, 2019
- 1 min
I begin my fourth novel
My third book, The Wings of the Wind, is with my publisher for scrutiny. Whilst I await my fate, I have begun work on my fourth novel,...
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Shaun Lewis
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
The German U-Boat Blockade of Britain
Today (4th February) in 1915, the German government announced that it would impose a submarine blockade of Great Britain with effect 18th...
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Shaun Lewis
- Mar 3, 2018
- 2 min
Irish submarine commanding officers
Last night my mother ticked me off for my book, The Custom of the Trade. She has now read the book and, whilst she thought it...
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Shaun Lewis
- Dec 21, 2017
- 1 min
Michael Gove's submarine fishery protection squadron
A few days ago it was reported in the Daily Express that in order to protect the UK’s fishing rights after BREXIT, Michael Gove had...
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Shaun Lewis
- Aug 31, 2017
- 3 min
Put yourself into the shoes of a hero
Imagine yourself onboard the last HMS Queen Elizabeth in April 1915. It’s a hot day off the island of Lemnos, in the eastern...
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