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Sinking of HMS Victoria - Royal Marines Lost
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

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HMS Nottingham the Last Scout from WW1
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

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

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Sep 221 min read
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HMS Cleopatra - Torpedoed!
16 July 1943 HMS Cleopatra 1941 HMS Cleopatra was hit amidships by a torpedo from an Italian submarine, she sustained major damage to...

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Jul 155 min read
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Loss of HMS Glorious - 112 Royal Marines Lost
On the 8th June 1940, whilst on passage from Norway the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two destroyer escorts, HMS Ardent...

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Jun 86 min read
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Turret Explosion on HMS Devonshire and Marine AE Streams - Albert Medal
Eight days after arriving on station, Devonshire and the rest of the Mediterranean Fleet sailed for manoeuvres in the Aegean Sea, off the...

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Nov 26, 20244 min read
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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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Aug 19, 20247 min read
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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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Jul 6, 20249 min read
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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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May 29, 20243 min read
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HMS Ramillies D Day Bombardment - Benerville Battery
HMS RAMILLIES - Royal Sovereign-class 15in gun Battleship April to May  Took part in preparatory exercises for planned assault...

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May 29, 20243 min read
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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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Feb 27, 20243 min read
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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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Feb 2, 20242 min read
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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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Jan 11, 20241 min read
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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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Dec 27, 20233 min read
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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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Nov 9, 20231 min read
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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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Nov 3, 20231 min read
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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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Nov 1, 20232 min read
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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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Oct 25, 20234 min read
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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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Oct 23, 20232 min read
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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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Sep 17, 20232 min read
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