Monthly Archives: July 2020

Meola – an ex- RNZN work boat

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HMNZS Rotoiti 1975

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Heavy cruiser USS Chicago, Philadelphia Navy Yard, May 7th 1945.

USS Chicago (CA-136/CG-11) was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 20 August 1944, she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 January 1945, CaptainContinue reading “Heavy cruiser USS Chicago, Philadelphia Navy Yard, May 7th 1945.”

All seven of the Royal Navy’s Wildcats took to the skies of Somerset to celebrate the achievements of five years’ training on the Fleet Air Arm’s newest warbirds

Wildcat wow factor as helicopters performing stunning formation flypast over Yeovilton All seven of the Royal Navy’s Wildcats took to the skies of Somerset to celebrate the achievements of five years’ training on the Fleet Air Arm’s newest warbirds. The helicopters staged a stunning formation flypast to mark the disbanding of their squadron next weekContinue reading “All seven of the Royal Navy’s Wildcats took to the skies of Somerset to celebrate the achievements of five years’ training on the Fleet Air Arm’s newest warbirds”

HMS Glorious was the second of the Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, they were very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns. Glorious was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later

Glorious was paid off after the end of the war, but was rebuilt as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s. She could carry 30% more aircraft than her half-sister Furious which had approximately the same tonnage. After recommissioning she spent most of her career operating in the Mediterranean Sea. After the start of theContinue reading “HMS Glorious was the second of the Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, they were very lightly armoured and armed with only a few heavy guns. Glorious was completed in late 1916 and spent the war patrolling the North Sea. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered a year later”