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Royal Navy’s heavy cruiser HMS Exeter taken by photographer Ernest ‘Red’ Hallen. Hallen managed to capture the ship from the Gamboa signal station on 8th March, 1935, as the cruiser was returning to Bermuda from a goodwill trip along the west coast of South America. A scaled-down version of the Country class cruisers, the York class Exeter carried six 8-inch guns and these were put into play several years later when the 8,390-ton ship took part in action against the German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the River Plate. The British cruiser was sunk on 1st March, 1942, by Japanese torpedoes off Bawean Island.

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HMS Thunderer was the fourth and last Orion-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s.

She spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. Aside from participating in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19 August, her service during World War I generally consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea. After the Grand Fleet was dissolvedContinue reading “HMS Thunderer was the fourth and last Orion-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s.”

ROYAL NAVY REVENGE CLASS BATTLESHIP HMS ROYAL SOVEREIGN IN 1938

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View of HMNZS Royalist on it’s way to Port Lyttelton

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VIDEO: A special game for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s team

 posted in: Chatham Cup, News, Streams and videos | They might have played only one game in the competition — and lost it 8-0 — but the Royal New Zealand Navy relished the historical importance of their involvement in this year’s Chatham Cup. The team entered the 2023 Chatham Cup, a competition in its 100th year, and lost toContinue reading “VIDEO: A special game for the Royal New Zealand Navy’s team”