The mechanical Hedgehog proved itself to be a deadly predator and killer of Axis submarines. When one thinks of antisubmarine warfare (ASW) weapons of World War II, chances are the depth charge is the ...
A 2019 discovery by Danish divers found the wreck in the depth of the Baltic Sea, leading excavators to later pull evidence and human remains. This led to the identification of Lt. Robert T. McCollum ...
Del Boy and Rodney’s Uncle Albert was the Royal Navy’s unlucky Jonah. Captain Birdseye lookalike Albert Gladstone Trotter, played by Buster Merryfield, served on seven ships in World War Two ...
The Army-Navy game kept going during World War II, contributing to one of the most significant chapters in the rivalry's long history. The Army-Navy game is as much a part of college football as ...
Two Royal Navy World War Two veterans, both from Newtownabbey, recall their experiences of battle and two Merchant Navy men speak about the seaman's life. Jim McCall was on the battleship HM ...
But as more and more men in the U.S. Navy deployed overseas during World War II, someone needed to fill these positions on the bases back home, including at Naval Air Station Jacksonville.
The barges were built in the reign of King Rama I and were destroyed by bombs during World War II. In 1967, the Royal Thai Navy and the Fine Arts Department rebuilt the pair using the original ...
A former member of the Royal Navy, and a World War II veteran, 3rd generation Islander Don Bonner will also be fondly remembered by many from his time as the Governor’s Chauffeur, where his ...