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On September 9, 1943, as the Allies landed at Salerno, the aging British battleship HMS Nelson played a pivotal role in the ...
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World War II veteran George Spencer joined a Navy training ... after meeting his late wife Jane Harris while stationed in Londonderry. He joined HMS Nelson, a battleship built for the Royal ...
Thirty years before, his consummate medical skill had, it could be reasonably argued, changed the course of World War II when he saved ... posted to the destroyer HMS Zulu in which he took ...
Battleships were the flagship vessels of navies across the globe from 1860 until about the end of World War II. These large ships ... Great Britain's HMS Vanguard wasn't necessarily a bad battleship.
This led to HMS Nelson and Rodney’s innovative design ... HMS Rodney served as the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet and Home Fleet. Her World War II service was extensive and notable.
HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's historic flagship from which he led the Royal Navy to a famous victory over Napoleon's fleet at Trafalgar is being rebuilt - using wood from France. More than two ...
Lord Nelson will be "spinning in his grave" after it was announced that his ship HMS Victory is being restored with oak from his old enemy France, it has been claimed. The 260-year-old ship that ...
He also claimed that Nelson was “very concerned” at our forests. HMS Victory led the British fleet in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Nelson was shot on board and died a ...
A Guard drawn from HMS Nelson personnel, HMS Collingwood’s Volunteer Band and Sea Cadets from HMS Excellent-based TS Alamein gave the unveiling a suitable dark-blue backdrop. Wreaths were laid by the ...
Admiral Horatio Nelson's command aboard Victory established British naval supremacy that lasted until World War II. Today, HMS Victory can be visited at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Victory's ...
The disposal date for the wardroom at HMS Nelson has been reaffirmed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) - with changes projected at the base. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News ...