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In mountainous Arctic seas, a young officer spotted the vessel trying to escape a Royal Navy trap. What followed was a clash of giants that will never be seen again. Incredibly, he’s still alive at 101 By PATRICK BISHOP PUBLISHED: 12:39 AEDT, 30 December 2023 | UPDATED: 12:48 AEDT, 30 December 2023 e-mail 134shares 668 View comments Perched at his freezingContinue reading “The night I helped sink Hitler’s monster battleship:”

The Romanian Navy’s first Sandown-class minehunter arrives at the Port of Constanta on 19 December 2023. (Romanian MoD) The first of two ex-Royal Navy (RN) Sandown-class mine-countermeasure vessels (MCMVs) procured by Romania from the United Kingdom has arrived in country. Sub-Lieutenant Ion Ghiculescu (M 270), which previously served in the RN as HMS Blyth (M 111), departed theContinue reading “First Romanian ex-Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunter arrives in country – by Kate Tringham”

  HMS Renown was the lead ship of her class of battlecruisers of the Royal Navy built during the First World War. She was originally laid down as an improved version of the Revenge-class battleships. Her construction was suspended on the outbreak of war on the grounds she would not be ready in a timelyContinue reading “HMS Renown. Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. 1927”

SEA British warship ‘chases off’ Russian sub from Irish harbour By  George Allison  –  December 12, 2023 141 Share Irish media has reported that a Russian submarine, positioned directly outside the entrance to Cork Harbour, was “chased off” by a British helicopter and warship because Ireland doesn’t have the ability to do so itself. Writing inContinue reading “British warship ‘chases off’ Russian sub from Irish harbour”

SUPPLIED Detail from a painting of the HMS Neptune by a Royal Navy official artist, Colin Wynn. Bluff will mark the solemn anniversary of New Zealand’s worst naval tragedy this week, 82​ years since 150 New Zealanders died in the sinking of a British warship during World War II. The Royal Navy cruiser HMS NeptuneContinue reading “764 dead, 1 survivor: Bluff service to mark NZ’s worst naval tragedy – Sneha Johari 05:00, Dec 15 2023”