The PLA’s latest live-fire drill took place at an altitude of 4,600 metres (15,000 feet) in an undisclosed location in the Himalayas. Photo: qq.com Chinese state media has again highlighted a PLA exercise near the Indian border, as tensions continue to simmer between the neighbours. Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily published a video of the live-fireContinue reading “China-India border dispute: PLA flexes military muscle with live-fire drill in Tibet Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily releases video and details of the exercise as state media steps up propaganda campaign Footage shows recently deployed artillery being used in what military expert calls a ‘demonstration of power’”
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ALFREDO CAPELLINI Alfredo Cappellini was an Italian monitor converted from the floating crane GA53 during World War I. She bombarded Austro-Hungarian positions during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo in 1917 before she was wrecked off Ancona on 16 November 1917. https://ift.tt/2mudfx0
ALFREDO CAPELLINIAdd caption Alfredo Cappellini was an Italian monitor converted from the floating crane GA53 during World War I. She bombarded Austro-Hungarian positions during the Eleventh Battle of the Isonzo in 1917 before she was wrecked off Ancona on 16 November 1917. https://ift.tt/2mudfx0 from JC’s Naval, Maritime and Military News https://ift.tt/3aH9xWS via IFTTT
HMS Burnaston 1969.
108th MSS – Malta BURNASTON stopped the Turkish vessel DENIZ off Cyprus, in 1959, and whilst a boarding party was aboard, the DENIZ crew scuttled their ship. Two cases of ammunition were salvaged before she sank. At the time she was part of the 108th MSS in the Mediterranean. HMS BURNASTON M1116 Laid Down:Continue reading “HMS Burnaston 1969.”
HMAS AUSTRALIA – 1946 HMAS Australia (I84/D84/C01) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid down in Scotland in 1925, and entered service in 1928. Apart from an exchange deployment to the Mediterranean from 1934 to 1936, during which she became involved in the planned British response to the Abyssinia Crisis, Australia operated in local and South-West Pacific waters until World War II began.
HMAS AUSTRALIA – 1946 HMAS Australia (I84/D84/C01) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid down in Scotland in 1925, and entered service in 1928. Apart from an exchange deployment to the Mediterranean from 1934 to 1936,Continue reading “HMAS AUSTRALIA – 1946 HMAS Australia (I84/D84/C01) was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of two Kent-subclass ships ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid down in Scotland in 1925, and entered service in 1928. Apart from an exchange deployment to the Mediterranean from 1934 to 1936, during which she became involved in the planned British response to the Abyssinia Crisis, Australia operated in local and South-West Pacific waters until World War II began.”
HMS Corunna (D97) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Corunna, which took place during the Peninsular War in 1809 between British and French forces. Corunna was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 29 May 1945 and commissioned on 6 June 1947.
HMS Corunna (D97) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Corunna, which took place during the Peninsular War in 1809 between British and French forces. Corunna was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She wasContinue reading “HMS Corunna (D97) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Corunna, which took place during the Peninsular War in 1809 between British and French forces. Corunna was built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited on the Tyne. She was launched on 29 May 1945 and commissioned on 6 June 1947.”
