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Lt Cdr Peter West: Reflections on HMS Alliance
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Lt Cdr Peter West
• Lieutenant Commander RN
• HMS Alliance (1958 - 1982)
Lt Cdr Peter West served with great distinction aboard HMS Alliance and later became a founder of the branch oral history project. His recollections preserve how diesel boats handled the treacherous tides of the Solent and the precision required when entering Portsmouth Harbour under battery power.
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Lt Cdr Peter West
HMS Alliance (1958 - 1982)
Recorded in The Dit Box: August 2026
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