The telemeter was recovered first, in 2004, a huge piece weighing 27 tons, which at the time was state of the art technology for firing accurately heavy guns The Graf Spee was scuttled in December ...
On 16 January 1939, we commissioned HMS AJAX for a stint of two and a half years on the South Atlantic Station. At the end of January, we sailed for Bermuda, which was to be our base. We were due to ...
NUCLEAR-POWERED Royal Navy attack submarines will defend the nation backed by North-East technology firm. Applied Integration, based in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, has secured a multi-million pound ...
AJAX — Once again, the Town is rolling out the welcome mat to the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans Association.Ajax is hosting the 70th anniversary reunion next fall and it will be the second time ...
The town is named after a British ship, the HMS Ajax, that won a 1939 battle against a ship commanded by Hans Langsdorff, a Nazi officer. (JTA) — A suburb of Toronto will rename a street named for ...
It's said that the eastern redbud tree dates back to biblical times. It produces a beautiful reddish-purple flower in early springtime, and the foliage bursts into fiery crimson in autumn. On a long, ...
HMS Kent, one of the Royal Navy's most modern warships, looked back at history as she remembered one of her illustrious World War II predecessors last Sunday. The Portsmouth based frigate, currently ...