British light cruiser HMS Spartan newly completed off en:Barrow-in-Furness, UK. British light cruiser HMS SPARTAN bombarding enemy shore positions as the landing craft of the Fifth Army close in on the beaches in the opening stages in the battle for Rome. Smoke can be seen rising from the beachhead. HMS Spartan was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of theContinue reading “HMS SPARTAN, Dido Class Light Cruiser, sunk by a radio-controlled Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided missile on the 29 January 1944.”
Monthly Archives: March 2022
HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s.
Often used as a flagship, she participated in the Battle of Jutland during the First World War as part of the Grand Fleet. For the rest of the war, except for the inconclusive action of 19 August 1916, her service generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. During the 1920s andContinue reading “HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s.”
HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN).
Partial restoration (spots removed, but no levels adjustment) of a 1924 photo by Allan C. Green of HMS Hood (pennant number 51), the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy. Hood after she was fitted with an aircraft catapult; a Fairey III is visible on her stern, 1932 Hood in the Panama Canal Zone during her world cruiseContinue reading “HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). “
HMS SPARTAN, Dido Class Light Cruiser, sunk by a radio-controlled Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided missile on the 29 January 1944.
British light cruiser HMS Spartan newly completed off en:Barrow-in-Furness, UK. British light cruiser HMS SPARTAN bombarding enemy shore positions as the landing craft of the Fifth Army close in on the beaches in the opening stages in the battle for Rome. Smoke can be seen rising from the beachhead. HMS Spartan was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of theContinue reading “HMS SPARTAN, Dido Class Light Cruiser, sunk by a radio-controlled Henschel Hs 293 anti-ship guided missile on the 29 January 1944.”
HMAS Canberra returns from Operation Tonga Assist
24 MARCH 2022 The LHD vessel has arrived in Townsville after supporting humanitarian and disaster relief efforts in Tonga. Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock ship HMAS Canberra has embarked forces in Townsville, Queensland after wrapping up its contribution to Operation Tonga Assist 22. The vessel arrived in the Tongan capital of Nukuʻalofa on 1 March 2022Continue reading “HMAS Canberra returns from Operation Tonga Assist”
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