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Learning the art of the traditional Royal Navy bosun’s call

HMS Vengeance: Vanguard-class submarine’s secret monster deployment beneath the waves

21st March 2024 at 5:05pm A British nuclear-armed submarine has returned home after what is believed to be the second-longest deployment beneath the waves in Royal Navy history. HMS Vengeance arrived back at her home base of Faslane on Sunday after a reported huge 201-day deployment. As the UK’s nuclear deterrent, the movements of HMSContinue reading “HMS Vengeance: Vanguard-class submarine’s secret monster deployment beneath the waves”

HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe

HMCS NIOBE. The Naval Service of Canada became the Royal Canadian Navy in August 1911. The ship was nearly lost when she went aground off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia overnight 30–31 July 1911. Repairs were completed at the end of 1912 and the ship returned to service in late 1914. During the First WorldContinue reading “HMS Niobe was a ship of the Diadem class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She served in the Boer War and was then given to Canada as the second ship of the newly created Naval Service of Canada as HMCS Niobe”

Severe bomb damage to the stern of HMS DELHI.

Note the men stood on the lower decks of the cruiser. The anti aircraft cruiser suffered bomb damage during North African operations in 1942.From May to December, 1941 Delhi was refitted as an anti-aircraft cruiser at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. This refit included 5-inch/38 calibre guns originally intended for the US destroyer USS Edison, andContinue reading “Severe bomb damage to the stern of HMS DELHI.”

HMS M2 was a Royal Navy submarine monitor completed in 1919, converted in 1927 into a submarine aircraft carrier. She was wrecked in Lyme Bay, Dorset, Britain, on 26 January 1932. She was one of three M-class boats completed.

Design and careerFour M-class submarines replaced the order for the last four K-class submarines, K17-K21. Although they were similar in size, the M class was an entirely different design from the K class, although it is possible that some material ordered for the K-boats went into them. In any event, the end of the FirstContinue reading “HMS M2 was a Royal Navy submarine monitor completed in 1919, converted in 1927 into a submarine aircraft carrier. She was wrecked in Lyme Bay, Dorset, Britain, on 26 January 1932. She was one of three M-class boats completed.”