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
Branch Meeting – November – 2018
The second Tuesday of the month is here, so that means the next Branch Meeting. We will be meeting at 1930 this evening at 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
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
Festival of Remembrance
The Royal British Legion’s annual Festival of Remembrance takes place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 10 November 2018, 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
On This Day – 6 November – Third Dispatch
Such a Battle could not be fought without sustaining a great Loss of Men. I have not only to lament, in common with the
On This Day – 6 November – Second Dispatch
The Commander in Chief in the Victory led the Weather Column, and the Royal Sovereign, which bore my Flag, the Lee. The Action began