IN 1939 the Royal Navy suffered its worst ever submarine disaster just 12 miles off the Great Orme in Llandudno. During the maiden voyage of Thetis, 99 men tragically lost their lives – not through ...

The 75th anniversary of the sinking of a submarine with the loss of 99 lives has been marked. On Sunday wreaths were dropped into the sea off Llandudno to remember the Royal Navy's worst peacetime ...

The Royal Navy’s worst peacetime disaster, which shook North Wales and took 99 men to their deaths, will be remembered this week exactly 75 years after the tragedy. HMS Thetis, a submarine built in ...

The Thetis nose-dived until her bow met the seabed during sea trials. It later flooded. RNLI volunteers from Llandudno and Moelfre are holding a memorial service today to mark the 75th anniversary of ...

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HUNDREDS of people turned out to pay their respects to 99 men who died in what was the Royal Navy’s worst ever peacetime disaster. A memorial service to mark the 75th Anniversary of the tragic loss of ...

I AM writing in connection with the recent articles and letters in Viewpoints regarding memories of HMS Thetis and I would like to add to them if I may. I AM writing in connection with the recent ...