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A poppy wreath hangs from the memorial tablet of those lost on November first 1914 from HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth. The Falkland Islands also remembers those involved in the naval battle of ...
In June 1942, HMS Barrymore sailed out of the South African city of Cape Town towing a damaged corvette, HMS Bellwort. Our destination: Durban, on South Africa's east coast. I was a signalman on ...
“HMS Good Hope was hit all over and after the first ten minutes had many guns out of action – she was on fire forward and all along the port side …At 19:50 she blew up with a tremendous ...
Hendrick Motorsports is having one of those seasons where you can’t help but wonder...do they have a little extra magic in the shop? The post NASCAR Pundits Send Message of Hope for HMS ...
The six-inch guns on the armoured cruisers HMS Good Hope and Monmouth were in casements so low on the hull that when the gun ports were opened the brine flooded in.
Thompson said HMS Good hope was characteristic of early 20th century steamer battleships. "This was a massive battleship," he said. 'You steer towards it' ...
This picture was originally sent to The News in 2006 and it fits perfectly with my current theme of animals adopted by ships of the Royal Navy. Taken at HMS St Vincent, Gosport, about 1910, we see ...
The coin dates to 1894, the year a set of masts were installed on HMS Victory A 127-year-old farthing has been discovered under the mast of Lord Nelson's flagship, HMS Victory. The Victorian-era ...
The Royal Navy squadron consisted of two ageing cruisers HMS Good Hope (Cradock's flagship) and HMS Monmouth, four light ...
The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands R/I (PG) The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands R/I (PG) WALTER Summers' 1927 silent classic, newly restored by the BFI, is a dramatic ...