UK honours fallen in poignant Armistice Day commemorations A two-minute silence took place across the UK, marking 102 years since the first two-minute silence was observed on 11 November 1919. Standard bearer and military personnel at First World War memorial, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth (Picture: PA/Alamy). Armistice Day commemorations have been held around the UK toContinue reading “REMEMBRANCE”
Monthly Archives: November 2021
USNS City of Bismarck K (T-EPF 9) is docked at the Commercial Seaport of Palau in Koror, Palau.
KOROR, Palau (Nov. 5, 2021) The Military Sealift Command Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck K (T-EPF 9) is docked at the Commercial Seaport of Palau in Koror, Palau, Nov. 5, 2021. Military Sealift Command Far East ensures approximately 50 ships in the Indo-Pacific region, including City of Bismarck, are manned, trainedContinue reading “USNS City of Bismarck K (T-EPF 9) is docked at the Commercial Seaport of Palau in Koror, Palau.”
HMS Abdiel was a Royal Navy minelayer that saw service during the Cold War.
Abdiel was ordered from Thornycroft in June 1965. She was laid down at Thornycroft’s Woolston shipyard on 23 May 1966[3] and launched 22 January 1967. She was commissioned on 17 October 1967.[1] Her pennant number was N21 Abdiel was designated by the Ministry of Defence as an “exercise minelayer” and her official role was to train Royal Navy personnel in minelaying operations using test/dummy naval mines, not to layContinue reading “HMS Abdiel was a Royal Navy minelayer that saw service during the Cold War.”
HMS Abdiel (M39)
HMS Abdiel was an Abdiel-class minelayer that served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She served with the Mediterranean Fleet (1941), Eastern Fleet (1942), Home Fleet (1942–43), and the Mediterranean Fleet (1943). Abdiel was sunk by German mines in Italy‘s Taranto harbour in 1943. Although designed as a fast minelayer her speed and capacity made her suitable for employment as a fast transport. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Abdiel_(M39) from JC’s Naval and Military news and photosContinue reading “HMS Abdiel (M39)”
HMS Abdiel (1915)
Photograph of British Marksman class flotilla leader destroyer HMS Abdiel, serving as a minelayer – note aft area screened with canvas. Abdiel (right) moored alongside the cruiser Aurora, showing the ships’ minerails. HMS Abdiel was a Marksman-class flotilla leader of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird during the First World War. She was converted to a minelayer during construction, commissioning during 1916, and served at the Battle of Jutland. Following theContinue reading “HMS Abdiel (1915)”
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