Author Archives: John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military)

The Royal Navy Submarine Museum originally shared: HMS Thunderbolt was sunk by Italian corvette Cicogna off Sicily on 14 March 1943. The submarine had previously sunk on 1 June 1939 during trials before being repaired and renamed from HMS Thetis to HMS Thunderbolt.

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Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor. A ship connected to New Zealand

  Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor. HMS Torch 1905.  Australia Station flagship HMS EURYALUS with HMS TORCH The 12,000 ton Cressy Class armoured cruiser HMS EURYALUS, last of her class, served as the flagship of the Australia Station’s Commander-in-Chief Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe in 1904-1905, having relieved HMS ROYALContinue reading “Starboard view of the screw sloop HMS Torch at anchor. A ship connected to New Zealand”

HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew.

HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew. HMS A1 was the Royal Navy‘s first British-designed submarine, and their first to suffer fatal casualties. She was the lead ship of the first British A-class submarines and the only one to have a single bow torpedo tube. She wasContinue reading “HMS A1 was accidentally run down by mail steamer SS Berwick Castle on 18 March 1904 with the loss of all her crew.”

HMAS Paluma (A 01) is the lead ship of the Paluma-class survey motor launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

  HMAS Paluma (IV) (A01) A coastal survey ship commissioned by the Royal Australian Navy in 1989. The ship was designed for hydrographic surveys in northern Australia’s shallow waters. It is named after the town of Paluma in North Queensland. September 2021 Retired from Blogger https://ift.tt/ZDc6LiI via IFTTT March 04, 2024 at 01:34PM See allContinue reading “HMAS Paluma (A 01) is the lead ship of the Paluma-class survey motor launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).”