As the nation takes time to pay its respects to those who have given their lives in service of their country, here we focus on one example from the thousands of sacrifices made by men of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 85 years ago this December, HMS Neptune sailed into an Italian minefield offContinue reading “The worst naval disaster in New Zealand’s history – Royal Navy remembrance. In focus: HMS Neptune lost in 1941”
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HMS Shannon after her funnels were lengthened.
HMS Shannon was a Minotaur-class armoured cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. Before the First World War, she served with the Home Fleet, generally as the flagship of a cruiser squadron. The ship remained with the Grand Fleet, as the Home Fleet was renamed when the war began, for the entire war, but only participated in a single battle, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. Shannon spent most ofContinue reading “HMS Shannon after her funnels were lengthened.”
The British cruiser HMS Belfast welcomed home to Portsmouth.
The Royal Navy light cruiser HMS Belfast (C35) approaching the aircraft carrier HMS Ocean (R68) off Korea, prior to the transfer of Rear Admiral Alan Kenneth Scott-Moncrieff, Flag Officer, Second in Command, Far East Station from his flagship Belfast to Ocean to observe air operations against targets in north-west Korea. Ocean was deployed to Korea from May to October 1952.
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