Unit/ Formation : Royal Marines Location : Bukit Timah, Singapore Period/ Conflict : World War II Year : 1942 Date/s : 8 February 1942 The last British troops to cross the causeway which links Johore with the island of Singapore were the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Lieutenant-Colonel I. M. Stewart, D.S.O., O.B.E., M.C.). They came over with their pipes playing "Hieland Lassie" and blew up the causeway behind them. Their strength had been reduced to 250, and the mar

Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Trincomalee Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1942 Date/s: 9th April 1942 The Indian Ocean raid , also known as Operation C or Battle of Ceylon in Japanese, was a naval sortie carried out by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) from 31 March to 10 April 1942. Japanese aircraft carriers under Admiral Chūichi Nagumo struck Allied shipping and naval bases around British Ceylon, but failed to locate and destroy the bulk of the British Eastern

Months after its formation 47 RM Cdo was given its first active service task. It was asked to select a detachment for ‘special duties’. Of the officers who volunteered, two were selected, Captain Isherwood and Lt Bennett, and they were asked to nominate their own men, 30 in number.  The title ‘Timberforce’ was given to the detachment as it would be serving in boats of wooden construction. The force set off on 4th October 1943 for Lerwick in the Shetlands. It was to operate wi

The sinking of HMS Victoria took place at approximately 15:30 on 22 June 1893, after HMS  Victoria , the flagship of the Royal Navy 's Mediterranean Fleet , collided with HMS  Camperdown while on fleet manoeuvres in the Eastern Mediterranean . HMS Victoria The collision caused significant damage to Victoria 's bow, with a large hole produced causing the ship to rapidly capsize . HMS Victoria  sinking after collision with HMS Camperdown  during exercises in the Mediterranea

Found after 107 years and d ubbed ‘the last scout’ because she was out looking for German warships ahead of the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet she was torpedoed and sunk sunk by German submarine U-52 on 19 August 1916, with the loss of 38 hands, including the loss of 1 Royal Marine. Sergeant William Edward Patrick Daley Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI). Captain Miller of HMS Nottingham reported: “She was struck by two torpedoes, fired from a submarine, on her port side, the firs

Unit/ Formation : Landing Craft Units Location : Tortola Period/ Conflict : Humanitarian Relief Year : 2017 Date/s : 22 September 2017...

16 July 1943 HMS Cleopatra 1941 HMS Cleopatra was hit amidships by a torpedo from an Italian submarine, she sustained major damage to...

On the 8th June 1940, whilst on passage from Norway the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts, HMS Ardent...

Eight days after arriving on station, Devonshire and the rest of the Mediterranean Fleet sailed for manoeuvres in the Aegean Sea, off the...

H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. Launched at...

As the 21st Panzer Regiment launched a counter attack against the Orne Bridghead HMS Rodney fired a Naval Bombardment which helped stem...

HMS Erebus Erebus was a monitor, a shallow draft vessel which could steam at around 12 knots, she was basically a floating gun platform...

HMS RAMILLIES  - Royal Sovereign-class 15in gun Battleship April to May   Took part in preparatory exercises for planned assault...

HMS Exteter spent most of 1941 on convoy escort duties before she was transferred to the Far East after the start of the Pacific War in...

2nd February 1917 Operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division The capture of Puisieux Trench. After a short spell out of the...

On 11 January 1941, while supporting Operation Excess (several coordinated convoys), Gloucester and sister ship Southampton came under...

The Battle of the Bay of Biscay was a naval action that took place on 28 December 1943 during World War II as part of the Atlantic...

On 9th November 1918 H.M.S. Britannia which had been patrolling on the routes west of Gibraltar when passing Cape Trafalgar was torpedoed...

Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...

1st November 1914 The Battle of Coronel was fought off the Chilean coast with the loss of HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth with all hands....