HMS Abercrombie was a Royal Navy Roberts-class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after General Sir Ralph Abercrombie. HMS Abercrombie was a Royal Navy Roberts-class monitor of the Second World War. She was the second monitor to be named after General Sir Ralph Abercrombie. Abercrombie was built by Vickers Armstrong, Tyne. She was laid down on 26 April 1941, launched on 31 March 1942 andContinue reading “HMS Abercrombie”
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HMS Sussex was one of the London sub-class of the County-class heavy cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 1 February 1927, launched on 22 February 1928 and completed on 19 March 1929.
HMS SUSSEX – This photograph depicts the starboard view HMS SUSSEX in Sydney Harbour during the visit of the Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry, in 1934. The photograph was taken from Fort Denison during the vessel’s arrival on 22 November 1934. HMS Sussex was one of the London sub-class of the County-class heavy cruisersContinue reading “HMS Sussex was one of the London sub-class of the County-class heavy cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 1 February 1927, launched on 22 February 1928 and completed on 19 March 1929.”
HMCS Morden was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort.
HMCS MORDEN 1941 HMCS Morden was a Flower-class corvette that served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the Second World War. She fought primarily in the Battle of the Atlantic as an ocean escort. https://ift.tt/32kqCDm from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3bNz69c via IFTTT
Turkish navy conducts exercise off Libyan coast
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AA ISTANBUL POLITICS SEP 11, 2020 12:04 PM GMT+3 Turkish Navy personnel carrier TCG Iskenderun is escorted by the TCG Yavuz frigate as it sets sail in the Mediterranean Sea on its way to the Port of Marmaris, in Muğla province, southwestern Turkey, in this undated photo. (Reuters Photo) Turkish forces have conductedContinue reading “Turkish navy conducts exercise off Libyan coast”
The monitor HMS Lord Clive shelling German forts on the Belgian coast with her 18-imch gun (Oscar Parkes, 1918) [Art]
The Surrender of the German High Seas Fleet, November 1918 Royal Navy Monitor HMS LORD CLIVE. HMS Lord Clive was the lead ship of the British Lord Clive-class monitors. She was named for Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, a British general of the Seven Years’ War who won the Battle of Plassey and became Governor of British India. Her main guns were taken from theContinue reading “The monitor HMS Lord Clive shelling German forts on the Belgian coast with her 18-imch gun (Oscar Parkes, 1918) [Art]”
