On 21 June, the hulk was towed out to sea and sunk by HMS Onyx; it is now an official war grave, designated as
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Up Spirits – June 2022
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Branch Meeting – June – 2022
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
On This Day – 14 June – Argentine surrender in the Falklands War
With the last natural defence line at Mount Tumbledown breached, the Argentine town defences of Port Stanley began to falter. In the morning gloom,
On This Day – 11 June – Siege of Malta
The Siege of Malta was a military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War which commenced on 11 June 11 June
On This Day – 8 June – Attack on RFA Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad was active during the Falklands War, sailing from HMNB Devonport on 6 April with 350 Royal Marines and entering San Carlos Water
On This Day – 6 June – Normandy Landing – D-Day
The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in
On This Day – 31 May – The Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet under Admiral
On This Day – 27 May – Dunkirk Evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour
On This Day – 27 May – The sinking of Bismarck
The morning of Tuesday, 27 May 1941 brought a heavy grey sky, a rising sea and a tearing wind from the northwest. Because of