The National Museum of Computing
Wednesday, 19th June 2024 from 6.30 to 7.30 pm
Block H, Bletchley Park, Bletchley MK3 6GX
HMS Aubrietia was sponsored in 1941 by Horsforth, the then largest village in Britain. The corvette forced a German submarine to the surface and to surrender in the North Atlantic Ocean. Below the decks they found a German Enigma machine, which was sent to Bletchley Park, allowing cryptanalysts to break the code.
This online talk also covers how Hitler’s second cypher machine ‘Lorenz’ was built for use by the German Generals, yet was also broken by the Bletchley Park cryptanalysts.
The speaker, Jack Metcalfe (www.horsforthhmsaubrietia.com), will also relate personal anecdotes from his life including how he was trained in Morse Code signalling and Direction-Finding techniques at Bletchley Park.