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RICHARD HOLME has had an interest in naval shipping from an early age and has had books published on Cairnryan Military Port; from U Boats to the Ark Royal (1997) and HMS Warspite in Cornwall 1947/56 (2023). He was editor of the newsletter of the Naval Dockyards Society from 2013 to 2023, and has written many articles in the maritime press; The World Ship Society awarded him best naval essay of 2022 for his research into the covert British mission to acquire the Graf Spee Wreck in 1940. He is Treasurer of the Friends of the Falkland Museum in Stanley, and recently completed a Masters in UK shipbreaking 1945–95 at Newcastle University.