The Battle of the Denmark Strait was a naval engagement on 24 May 1941 in the Second World War, between ships of the Royal Navy and the...

The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939. The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of World War Two. Ships from the Royal Navy’s South American Division took on the might of Germany’s Graf Spee which was successfully attacking merchant shipping in the South Atlantic. The Admiral Graf Spee The crew of the Graf Spee watch as another victim sinks Great Britain’s South American Naval Division was made up of four cruisers. On Satur

The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939. The battle in the South Atlantic was the first major naval battle of...

Ajax, Ontario, Canada was named after HMS Ajax after the Battle of the River Plate and the streets are named after every member of the crew, including Biggs Drive, after my Grandfather. HMS Ajax Cdr Reginald Charles Biggs DSO, DSC, RN Cdr Reginald Charles Biggs DSO, DSC, RN Reginald joined the Royal Navy in January 1920 as a Boy 2 nd Class and immediately began his training onboard HMS Ganges. He attended gunnery school in 1933 and by May 17, 1935, he had risen to the rank o