A red dawn broke over the Pacific as the Maya sliced through choppy waters, her steel hull gleaming with menace. At the ...
The “tin can” myth: why Germans underestimated British destroyers – The man-overboard incident that separated Glowworm from her fleet – Minute-by-minute account of the 15-minute gun battle – The rammi ...
On April 5th, 1942, two Royal Navy heavy cruisers, hms Cornwall and Dorsetshire, were patrolling the Indian Ocean west of Ceylon. They were unaware that the full strength of the Japanese First Air ...
Sailors aboard HMS Dragon held a ceremony in December honoring the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal.British Royal Navy In November 1941, a German U-boat sank HMS Ark Royal, a British aircraft ...