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On this day 1941, the @RoyalNavy's Force H under V/Adm Sir James Somerville, aboard the battlecruiser HMS Renown, with the battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal & cruiser
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Okay, since the @RoyalNavy (& @RoyalAirForce) have been in the news a bit these last couple of days regarding rumours of cuts in the forthcoming Integrated Review, it's possibly time
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On this day 1940 the German heavy cruiser Hipper, commanded by Cpt Wilhelm Meisel, began an attack on the large, Allied troop convoy WS5A, 800 miles west of Cape Finisterre.Opening
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On this day 1940 @RoyalNavy Fairey Swordfish torpedo bombers from @815NAS & 819 NAS took off from the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious to bomb Italian airfields on Stampalia & Rhodes
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On this day 1950 41 Independent Commando @RoyalMarines, under Lt/Col Douglas Drysdale, left Hungnam, heading for Koto-ri & Col Lewis "Chesty" Puller's 1st Marine Regiment, part of @USMC's @1st_Marine_Div fighting
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November 1940 was one of the most eventful & significant months of #WW2 at sea for the @RoyalNavy with fleets in action in the Atlantic & Mediterranean, while in the
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At a rough guess:- No, because ultimately, while you can restructure the department & it's procurement structures & re/better negotiate contracts with industry, a lot of really expensive decisions, like
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It's worth saying that the Pacific Fleet off Japan wasn't the only @RoyalNavy fleet in the Far East on #VJDay. At Trincomalee lay the East Indies Fleet, under Adm Sir
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On this day 1945 the @RoyalNavy Pacific Fleet under V/Adm Sir Bernad Rawlings, with its @Australian_Navy & @NZNavy elements launched an air strike on Japan, alongside the vast @USNavy 3rd
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A couple of weekend reading suggestions for the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings at #Hiroshima & #Nagasaki #WW21) A useful primer by @wellerstein (not just for journalists, either) on
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On this day 1940, the 5,136 ton Denholm Line cargo ship SS Broompark sailed from Bordeaux as part of Operation Aerial, the final evacuation of British & other forces from
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