Denmark has been already neutral (see the Danish Navy in WW1), despite having a strategic position, for the same reasons that in 1939. Pressures have been high on both sides, ships had been sunk by error and minefields laid down, but merchant traffic went on. Denmark had the uncomfortable...
ww2dbaseRoyal Sovereign was commissioned during WW1, but did not see combat. At the onset of the European War during WW2, she was with the Home Fleet. By mid-1940, she was transferred to the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet. On 18 Jul 1940, she participated at the Battle of Calabria, whe...
The two ships had been expected to complete a routine deployment in Southeast Asia, to include participation in the Royal Australian Navy’s International Fleet Review in Sydney in October. Algonquin ‘s deployment was scrapped and an official inquiry was opened to investigate the collision’s cause...
Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945Looking for details on a RN officer not listed here yet? Just e-mail me, and I might be able to help out. Of course, any additions, corrections etc. can also be e-mailed.Note. In naval circles it is custom to refer to the commander of a vessel...
( January 1945: Active service on HMS Nairana, an aircraft carrier, as Sub Lieutenant G. Lee RNVR. HMS Nairana (D05) was the lead ship of Royal Navy's Nairana-class escort carriers in WW2, operated escorting convoys & doing anti-submarine work in the Atlantic& Arctic. At one stage, ...
Royal Dutch Air Force/Navy
Another factor: an army is generally more critical than a navy during a civil war, so calling it "The Royal Army" would have been considered symbolically dangerous to the authority of Parliament. The monarchy was useful as a symbolic figurehead for the empire, so ships of "The Royal Navy"...
In Jul and Sep 1940, she participated in attacks on the Vichy-French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir and Dakar, respectively. On 1 Aug, in between the western Africa actions, she escorted a convoy that delivered 12 Hurricane aircraft to Malta; her aircraft attacked the Italian base at Cagliari ...
Upon his return to Britain, Byng was court-martialed and condemned to death according to the twelfthArticle of War. He had failed “to do his utmost to take or destroy the enemy’s ships.” Following the execution of Byng, a new fighting spirit appea...
Dept. of Defense government attorneys to confirm to us that an investigation directed at Shell in the USA had been initiated by the US Department of the Navy, Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). The whole strange affair may apparently still be rumbling on, perhaps towards a conclusion ...