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HMS Mauritius, pennant C80, was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was named after Mauritius, which was a British colony when she was built. Built by Swan Hunter, Newcastle upon Tyne, she entered service in 1941. View full size (1600×1063) from John Currin – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/1Fv06md via IFTTT fromContinue reading “HMS Mauritius, pennant C80, was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was…”

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HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and launched in 1912. In World War I she served in the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow. She fought at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, whereContinue reading “HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named in honour of John…”

HMS Lowestoft (F103) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://ift.tt/1kQy6QA HMS Lowestoft was a Rothesay or Type 12 class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy. Lowestoft was sunk as a target on 8 June 1986 by HMS … View full size (1567×961) from John Currin – Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/1BejGnF via IFTTT from Blogger http://ift.tt/1FuVmghContinue reading “HMS Lowestoft (F103) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia”

Etruria was a protected cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) built in the 1890s. She was the third of six vessels of the Regioni class, all of which were named for current, or in the case of Etruria, former regions of Italy.[1] The ship was equipped with a main armament of four 15Continue reading “Etruria was a protected cruiser of the Italian Regia Marina (Royal Navy) built in the 1890s. She…”