On My First Voyage in 1918, the Germans Had Sunk a British Hospital Ship. We Sailed through Sea of Bodies; Veteran Kenneth Cummins Tells ECHO Writer Tony Barrett about Living through Two World WarsLiverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
Her commander decided to run for10 to France, which had at that time been taken by the Germans. The British force followed her. However, because of the Bismarck's speed and heavy fog, they lost 11 her.For two days, every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find the Bismarck, but ...
The German navy considered it won the Battle of Skagerrak, the German name for Jutland, having sunk more Royal Navy ships and inflicted more casualties. The Royal Navy considered that it had repelled the incursion by the High Seas Fleet into the...
The Prince of Wales, an unfortunate ship, named for ex-King Edward VIII it should be noted, was sunk by a brilliantly executed air attack off Singapore in December 1941, but King George V ended the war bombarding Tokyo. Burt's assessment that they were the best balanced of the 35,000-...
Her commander decided to run for repairs to France, which had at that time been taken by the Germans. The British force followed her. However, because of the Bismarck’s speed and the heavy fog, they lost sight of her. For two days , every British ship in the Atlantic tried to find ...
The report came to the British on May 21,1941.The German battleship Bismarck, the most powerful warship in the world, was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean.Her task:to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war-torn English. The British had feared such a task.No ...
The report came to the British on May 21 1941. The German battleship Bismarck the most powerful warship in the world was moving out into the Atlantic Ocean . Her task : to destroy the ships carrying supplies from the United States to war
the French had four battleships, thirteen destroyers, one seaplane carrier, and four submarines; at Dakar, French West Africa, two battleships; at Alexandria, Egypt, one battleship and four cruisers. Should the Germans acquire these ships, either by force or with French cooperation, it would res...
Navy in 1939 at the age of 60, and was in command of the converted liner HMS Rawalpindi off the Faroes, when Rawalpindi encountered the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Kennedy refused a demand to surrender and fought his ship until it was sunk by shellfire, going down with...
HMS Hood Sunk in Atlantic Battle; Germans Race for Home with British in Pursuit Aircraft Join in Efforts to Bring Them to Action