Loss of HMS Hawke and 78 Royal Marines Light Infantry
H.M.S. Hawke was an old armoured cruiser operating as part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the Northern Patrol. Launched at...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 6
- 9 min
Panzers Destroyed by HMS Rodney - Counter-attack on the Orne Bridgehead
As the 21st Panzer Regiment launched a counter attack against the Orne Bridghead HMS Rodney fired a Naval Bombardment which helped stem...
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Si Biggs
- May 29
- 3 min
HMS Erebus - 15inch Monitor D Day
HMS Erebus Erebus was a monitor, a shallow draft vessel which could steam at around 12 knots, she was basically a floating gun platform...
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Si Biggs
- May 29
- 3 min
HMS Ramillies D Day Bombardment - Benerville Battery
HMS RAMILLIESÂ - Royal Sovereign-class 15in gun Battleship April to May Took part in preparatory exercises for planned assault landings....
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Si Biggs
- Feb 27
- 3 min
HMS Exeter Battle of the Java Sea and later loss
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...
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Si Biggs
- Feb 2
- 2 min
Operations on the River Ancre - The capture of Puisieux Trench
2nd February 1917 Operations on the River Ancre by 63rd (RN) Division The capture of Puisieux Trench. After a short spell out of the...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Bombing of HMS Gloucester
On 11 January 1941, while supporting Operation Excess (several coordinated convoys), Gloucester and sister ship Southampton came under...
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Si Biggs
- Dec 27, 2023
- 3 min
The Battle of Biscay - Operation Stonewall
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...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 9, 2023
- 1 min
Lt H.M. Day RMLI - Albert Medal
On 9th November 1918 H.M.S. Britannia which had been patrolling on the routes west of Gibraltar when passing Cape Trafalgar was torpedoed...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 3, 2023
- 1 min
Battle of Tanga
Unit/ Formation: RMLI Location: Tanga Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1914 Date/s: 3 November 1914 The Battle of Tanga, sometimes...
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Si Biggs
- Nov 1, 2023
- 2 min
The Battle of Coronel - All hands Lost
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....
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Si Biggs
- Oct 25, 2023
- 4 min
HMS Phoebe Torpedoed off Congo - Many Killed by Poisonous Fumes
23rd October 1942 HMS Phoebe was torpedoed by U-161 off the Congo Estuary, while on passage to French Equatorial Africa. Her route was...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 23, 2023
- 2 min
Attack on the Spanish Treasure ships at Virgo
1702. Wednesday 11th - 12th October. The Attack on the Treasure ships at Virgo, during the War of the Spanish Succession. The English and...
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Si Biggs
- Sep 17, 2023
- 2 min
First Royal Marines Killed in Action in WW2
In 1939 within days of the outbreak of war two Royal Marines had died ashore; Sergeant (Pens) Ebenezer Luff, PO/ 15068, was killed in a...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 9, 2023
- 2 min
The Battle of Calabria
The Battle of Calabria Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Mediterranean Sea Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1940 Date/s: 9th July...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 9, 2023
- 1 min
Loss of HMS Redbreast - WW1 Q Ship
Redbreast, Q-ship, ex-fleet messenger, torpedoed and sunk by UC.38 in Mediterranean HMS Redbreast was a passenger/cargo ship...
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Si Biggs
- Jul 3, 2023
- 7 min
Operation Catapult - Attack on the French Fleet - Mers-el-Kébir
The attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on neutral...
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Si Biggs
- May 27, 2023
- 3 min
Sinking of the Bismarck
Unit/ Formation: HM Ships Location: Atlantic Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1941 Date/s: 27th May 1941 The last battle of the...
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Si Biggs
- Jan 1, 2023
- 6 min
Sinking of HMS Formidable - 86 RMs lost
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: English Channel Period/ Conflict: World War I Year: 1915 Date/s: 1st January 1915 HMS Formidable was...
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Si Biggs
- Oct 14, 2022
- 9 min
Sinking of the Royal Oak
Unit/ Formation: Memorial Location: Scapa Flow Period/ Conflict: World War II Year: 1939 Date/s: 14th October 1939 At 01.16 hours on 14...
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