north Cornwall. "I was in my mess and I thought there's some trouble here - it's obviously nasty because the ship was shaking," Mr Holmes said, recalling the moment the torpedo hit. HMS Warwick ...

Bill Caldwell was 18 and in his first week of training at HMS Raleigh in Torpoint, Cornwall, when he wrote saying he was "in blue at last". Mr Caldwell's adult children have seen the postcard for ...