Monthly Archives: May 2020

The world’s last battleship to be commissioned, HMS Vanguard at Portsmouth in 1957.

HMS Vanguard at Portsmouth in 1957. from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/35wfVNX via IFTTT

Remembering our role in the Battle of the Coral Sea

Published on 04 May 2020 LEUT Anthony Martin (author) Topic(s): Naval Heritage and History, Battle of the Coral Sea HMAS Australia (II) during WWII. Image scanned from Navy Historic Archive. In early 1942 the lines of communication and trade between Australia and the United States of America were under threat by the Japanese. By April 1942 the Japanese wereContinue reading “Remembering our role in the Battle of the Coral Sea”

HISTORY CORNER: Battle of Truk Lagoon avenges Pearl Harbor attack

SharePrint Painting of the Battle of Truk Lagoon in the South Pacific. It was a major victory for the U.S. in World War II, with the sinking of 35 Japanese ships and 275 aircraft by Naval aircraft in February 1944.U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE PreviousNext May 3, 2020 1:00 AM Pacific atoll becomes World War II deathtrapContinue reading “HISTORY CORNER: Battle of Truk Lagoon avenges Pearl Harbor attack”

Royal Navy warship HMS Kent joins American destroyers USS Donald Cook and USS Porter in the Arctic for cold-weather training

Royal Navy warship HMS Kent joins American destroyers USS Donald Cook and USS Porter in the Arctic for cold-weather training HMS Kent joined two US Destroyers and an American nuclear submarine on a Arctic training mission  The Duke Class Frigate, which is based at Portsmouth, is equipped with a Merlin helicopter  The training exercise isContinue reading “Royal Navy warship HMS Kent joins American destroyers USS Donald Cook and USS Porter in the Arctic for cold-weather training”

Chitose (千歳) was a Kasagi-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship to Kasagi. Chitose was ordered as part of the 1896 Emergency Fleet Replenishment Budget, funded by the war indemnity received from the Empire of China as part of the settlement of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War.

Chitose (千歳) was a Kasagi-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship to Kasagi.Chitose was ordered as part of the 1896 Emergency Fleet Replenishment Budget, funded by the war indemnity received from the Empire of China as part of the settlement of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-JapaneseContinue reading “Chitose (千歳) was a Kasagi-class protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was the sister ship to Kasagi. Chitose was ordered as part of the 1896 Emergency Fleet Replenishment Budget, funded by the war indemnity received from the Empire of China as part of the settlement of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War.”