Monthly Archives: June 2022

HMS Argonaut showing the severe damage she sustained after being torpedoed by the Italian submarine, Lazzaro Mocenigo, Dec 1942 (Story below)

  HMS Argonaut in her War (Dazzle) Colours, Date Unknown probably 1943 just after repairs at Philadelphia. HMS Argonaut was a Dido-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which saw active service during the Second World War. Constructed at the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, Argonaut was laid down in 1939, launched in September 1941, and formally commissioned into service on 8 August 1942.[1] She saw service in the Mediterranean in 1942, andContinue reading “HMS Argonaut showing the severe damage she sustained after being torpedoed by the Italian submarine, Lazzaro Mocenigo, Dec 1942 (Story below)”

HMS Argonaut showing the severe damage she sustained after being torpedoed by the Italian submarine, Lazzaro Mocenigo, Dec 1942 (Story below)

  HMS Argonaut in her War (Dazzle) Colours, Date Unknown probably 1943 just after repairs at Philadelphia. HMS Argonaut was a Dido-class cruiser of the British Royal Navy which saw active service during the Second World War. Constructed at the Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, Argonaut was laid down in 1939, launched in September 1941, and formally commissioned into service on 8 August 1942.[1] She saw service in the Mediterranean in 1942, andContinue reading “HMS Argonaut showing the severe damage she sustained after being torpedoed by the Italian submarine, Lazzaro Mocenigo, Dec 1942 (Story below)”

A Mislabelled Relic of the Night War Came to Sydney? EIGHTY years ago today, on the evening of May 31, 1942, Sydney Harbour was attacked by three midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

* 31st May 2022   *  Comments (2) Tom Lewis Amissing Japanese World War II sword from one of the midget submarines that attacked Sydney Harbour in 1942 may be somewhere concealed in an Australian home. Or is it the case that a sword which has been on display in the Australian war memorial forContinue reading “A Mislabelled Relic of the Night War Came to Sydney? EIGHTY years ago today, on the evening of May 31, 1942, Sydney Harbour was attacked by three midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy.”

A Mislabelled Relic of the Night War Came to Sydney? EIGHTY years ago today, on the evening of May 31, 1942, Sydney Harbour was attacked by three midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

31st May 2022    Comments (2) Tom Lewis Amissing Japanese World War II sword from one of the midget submarines that attacked Sydney Harbour in 1942 may be somewhere concealed in an Australian home. Or is it the case that a sword which has been on display in the Australian war memorial for 80 yearsContinue reading “A Mislabelled Relic of the Night War Came to Sydney? EIGHTY years ago today, on the evening of May 31, 1942, Sydney Harbour was attacked by three midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy.”

HMS Southampton was commissioned whilst alongside at Southampton Docks on the 31st October 1981, not far from where she was built at Vosper Thornycroft.

  The normal routine of her trials and sea training was commenced but was only about half way completed when Argentina invaded the Falklands. The training programme was immediately accelerated and strenuous efforts made to get the ship ready for operational service. Southampton seen on the 11 June 1982 a week before she sailed (onContinue reading “HMS Southampton was commissioned whilst alongside at Southampton Docks on the 31st October 1981, not far from where she was built at Vosper Thornycroft.”