The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a naval engagement in the Second World War, part of the war in the Pacific,
On This Day
On This Day – 8 December – Battle of the Falkland Islands
The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8
On This Day – 7 December – Operation Frankton
Operation Frankton was a commando raid on shipping in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in the Bay of Biscay during the Second
On This Day – 13 November – The Sinking of HMS Ark Royal (1941)
On 13 November, at 15:40, the sonar operator aboard the destroyer Legion detected an unidentified sound, but assumed it was the propellers of a
On This Day – 11 November – Battle of Taranto
The Battle of Taranto took place on the night of 11–12 November 1940 during the Second World War between British naval forces, under Admiral
On This Day – 11 November – Armistice Day
Armistice Day is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth of Nations member states since the end of the First World War to remember the
Remembrance Sunday
In the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Remembrance Sunday is held on the second Sunday in November, the Sunday nearest to
Festival of Remembrance
The Royal British Legion’s annual Festival of Remembrance takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 7 November 2020, the day before Remembrance
On This Day – 6 November – So, Why Pickle Night?
In 1974 the President of the Senior Rates’ Mess at HMS Nelson asked HMS Nelson’s Commodore for permission to celebrate Trafalgar Night in the same
On This Day – 6 November – John Richards Lapenotière
Captain John Richards Lapenotière (1770 – 19 January 1834) was a British Royal Navy officer who, as a lieutenant commanding the tiny topsail schooner