Warspite found a Soviet submarine and began to track her, quickly identifying the boat as an Echo II nuclear cruise missile submarine (SSGN). The Project 675 submarine boat displaced 5900 tons ...
In July 1940, British and Italian fleets converged while both sides tried to protect vital convoys in the Mediterranean. The transcript follows the opposing escort forces, the air attacks, and the ...
During the Battle of Calabria in July 1940, British and Italian fleets maneuvered to protect convoys and gain control of the central Mediterranean. The transcript follows Admiral Andrew Cunningham’s ...
THE ROYAL NAVY came just seconds from a nuclear disaster after colliding with a Soviet submarine in the Barents Sea, a historian has claimed. The incident came just six years after the Cuban Missile ...
Key Point: The shells of Warspite and other Allied naval guns followed the torpedo boats back through the smoke. One of Warspite’s scored a hit and instantly sank a trawler. To HMS Warspite went the ...
Prussia Cove was for the most part unheard of, until in 1947 the famous battleship HMS Warspite broke her tow whilst on the way to the ship breakers, and went aground on the hazardous rocks. A piece ...