it had become clear that the Baltic campaign would not be realized. By 1917 the decision was made to convert the ship into an aircraft carrier. On June 26, 1917, Furious entered service with one 457 mm gun located at the ship's aft-end and ...
the ship had the front of it severely damaged and was lucky not to have sunk itself. Its speed was reduced to below 3 knots, and it was escorted back to Halifax where it was repaired.
Ismay played a key role in the premiership of Winston Churchill. On Day One as prime minister in May 1940 Churchill appointed himself minister of defence with Ismay as his chief staff officer. The PM had seen Ismay at work in Whitehall running the keyCommittee fo...
Speaking of depth charges, it got me thinking about a relative, my great grandmothers husband who was stepfather to my grandad. He was in the Royal Navy in WW2 and was killed, on HMS Harvester which was sunk in the mid Atlantic during 1943 by a German Submarine in the events described ...
Regardless of whether or not HMSUmbrahad genuinely brought down an enemy aircraft with one or more torpedoes, Maydon was decorated for his actions, receiving a second Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in recognition of his submarine having sunk seven merchant ships — ...
but the intervention of the German patrol cruisers saved the destroyers. However, the presence of the British battle cruisers predetermined the outcome of the battle, by the end of which, at 2 pm, the German Navy had seen three light cruisers and one destroyer sunk; two more light cruisers ...
Ireland. In 1915 theOlympicwas requisitioned as a troop ship. It subsequently made a number of solo Atlantic crossings to ferry Canadian and U.S. troops to Europe. In May 1918 theOlympicsighted a GermanU-boatnear theIsles of Scilly, England, and rammed and sank the enemy vessel. The ...