HMS Ajax - Ajax Canada @townofajax My Grandad and The Battle of the River Plate
Ajax, Ontario, Canada was named after HMS Ajax after the Battle of the River Plate and the streets are named after every member of the...
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Si Biggs
Oct 3, 20172 min read
Troopship Queen Mary cuts HMS Curacoa in half 337 Men lost #militaryhistory #OTD
The RMS Queen Mary was used as a troopship throughout World War II and usually crossed the Atlantic without an escort, relying on her...
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Si Biggs
Sep 21, 20172 min read
Leo Gradwell DSC RNVR against orders, led three merchant ships from the disaster of Convoy PQ 17 int
Leo Gradwell DSC was a British barrister, a magistrate and a Second World War Royal Navy volunteer, who in July 1942 against orders, led...
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Si Biggs
Sep 6, 20172 min read
HMS Saracen makes her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta #militaryhistory
In early September 1942 Edward Young was the First Officer on HMS Saracen as she made her way from Britain via Gibraltar to Malta....
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Si Biggs
Aug 16, 20171 min read
HMS Queen Elizabeth enters Portsmouth for the First Time @HMSQnlz @RoyalNavy
Britain’s largest ever warship the HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived at her home port for the first time. Crowds lined the seafront to...
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Si Biggs
Aug 13, 20172 min read
Operation Pedestal - Relief of Malta - August 1942
Operation Pedestal was a British operation to carry supplies to the island of Malta in August 1942, during the Second World War. Malta...
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Si Biggs
Aug 7, 20172 min read
John Ledyard, American Author, enlisted as a Royal Marine on Cook's Final Voyage
John Ledyard was a writer of the first great travel story by an American to be published in the United States John Ledyard was born in...
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Si Biggs
Feb 14, 20171 min read
The Channel Dash
The Channel Dash or Unternehmen Zerberus (Operation Cerberus) was a German naval operation during World War II. A Kriegsmarine (German...
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Si Biggs
Dec 26, 20161 min read
The Royal Navy 100 Years of Modern Warfare - Julian Thompson
HE ROYAL NAVY: 100 YEARS OF MODERN WARFARE – JULIAN THOMPSON Another great podcast from Dan Snow. I served with Julian Thompson, a very...
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Si Biggs
Jul 21, 20161 min read
HMS Hermes is retired
INS Viraat former HMS Hermes is retired, she holds the Guinness record for being the oldest serving warship. INS Viraat is a...
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