Some 77 years ago today: Aerial of USS Saratoga (CV 3) en-route to Rabaul Island, November 1943. Photographed by Lieutenant Wayne Miller, TR-8221. 80-G-470815 On 1 November 1943, the 3rd Marine Division landed at Cape Torokina in Empress Augusta Bay, about halfway up the west coast of Bougainville. That very evening into the next morning,Continue reading “Aerial of USS Saratoga (CV 3) en-route to Rabaul Island, November 1943. – Sara & Co stop by Rabaul”
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Sa’ar 6 corvette INS Magen to join the Israeli Navy
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Gibraltar: How The Rock Became British We take a look at the history of the territory.
Greg Allwood 10th September 2020 at 12:30pm For a tiny offshoot of the huge Iberian Peninsula, Gibraltar has managed to pack a lot of history into its 2.6 square miles. And this colourful past extends considerably further back in time than even ‘history’ itself. It’s reckoned that a hollow in the side of ‘the Rock’Continue reading “Gibraltar: How The Rock Became British We take a look at the history of the territory.”
Photos – Aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable, Queen Charlotte Sound and Wellington New Zealand, November 1945 – Also HMS Indefatigable refitting at Woolloomooloo, Sydney, 1945
HMS Indefatigable, Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand, November 1945 HMS Indefatigable (R10) in Wellington Harbor- New Zealand, during November 1945. HMS Indefatigable refitting at Woolloomooloo, Sydney, 1945 from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/32yyscn via IFTTT
HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the RAN in 1942, the ship was initially the property of the Royal Navy.
Quickmatch served with both the British Eastern Fleet and British Pacific Fleet during World War II. In the 1950s, the destroyer was converted into an anti-submarine frigate. In 1957, Quickmatch operated in support of Malaya during the Malayan Emergency. The ship remained in service until 1963, and after use as an accommodation ship, wasContinue reading “HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04) was a Q-class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned into the RAN in 1942, the ship was initially the property of the Royal Navy.”
