1917 postcard addressed to England franked single 1/2d adhesive (The other adhesive washed off) tied 'FREETOWN' c.d.s. 'JU 18 17' Carried on the S.S. Seang Choon from Sydney via South and West Africa, was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-87 10 miles south-west of Fastnet ...
Dozens of ships were sunk in the harbour, mostly civilian vessels. What remained of the British government was unsure of the situation but was nevertheless terrified by the prospect of their flank being turned by an unexpected French invasion or mutinous naval units. Forces were scrambled southward...
The 'British' steam merchant 10,948 ton 'Norfolk' was sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp). This was a strange event because the "Norfolk' was originally the GERMAN ship 'Vogtland' built in 1920 but forcibly STOLEN by England from Germany in 1921 as 'war reparations.' The First World War ended...
Wrecks include HMS Audacious – the first battleship to be sunk in WWI - and RMS Justicia, a former troopship that was once reassigned to the White Star Line shipping company. Swanage Pier, Dorset Photo by Alison Pettitt Diving underneath this restored Victorian Pier is rarely the same experi...
The economic blockade remained in place, and Germany lost the war. Along with the three battle cruisers destroyed at Jutland two battleships were lost, HMS Audacious, sunk by mines off the Irish coast in 1914, where she has become a popular dive site, and HMS Vanguard, which blew up at ...
On the morning of May 27 the last battle was fought . Four British ships fired on the Bismarck and she was finally sunk . 1.The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean___. A.to sink the Hood B.to gain control of France C.to cut off American...
battleship Admiral Scheer. Early in April 1942, together with a number of escorting ships, the aircraft carrier arrived at the island of Sri Lanka to prepare for the invasion of Madagascar. On April 9, 1942, during the Japanese air raid on Trincomalee, Hermes was sunk by airplanes launched ...
Four British ships fired on the Bismarck, and she was finally sunk. 1. The Bismarck sailed into the Atlantic Ocean ___ . A. to sink the Hood B. to gain control of France C. to cut off American supplies to Britain D. to stop British warships reaching Germany 2. Many people...
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 ...