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Euryalus and Cleopatra v2 2 RN MTB's off Sicilian Coast . ID challenge was not answered, shots were fired and torpedoes fired.
Cruiser: You were very lucky , I was about to blow you out of water
MTB: You were even luckier, we've fired 4 torpedoes and missed
Is that a Polsten AA gun ?
The Gaulle Connection
This is Fleur the Coroner in Midsomer murders to a Tee, just casually dropping mildly implausible facts about her past life into the general conversation.
The ship was hit by both 13 mm and 20 mm machine-gun fire. Drummond says 25 bombs were dropped this suggests that six or seven aircraft took part in the attack, which continued for 30–35 minutes. Bonita continued her crossing without further incident and reached Norfolk, Virginia on 8 September.
Increased speed to 12.5 knots. The Master, a Captain Herz from Hungary, used the extra speed to change course sharply and avoid being hit whenever a Condor bombed the ship. The bombs were heavy enough to lift Bonita in the water and cause damage even by near misses.
She ordered her fireman and greaser to open the fuel injectors and main steam throttle to increase speed and then get out of the engine room in case they needed to abandon ship.
Drummond remained alone at her post. Bonita had never before exceeded 9 knots but in 10 min Drummond somehow
Near misses from 250 kg (550 lb) bombs blew all the lagging off the pipes in the engine room and split the main water service pipe feeding the boilers.
Fuel oil started leaking from somewhere, hitting Drummond in the face and closing one of her eyes.
On the morning of Sunday 25 August 1940, Bonita was in the North Atlantic about 400 miles from land when Luftwaffe Fw 200 Condor aircraft attacked. Drummond was on watch and immediately ordered the fireman and greaser to join her on the starting platform ready in case they needed to escape.
Victoria Alexandrina Drummond, MBE , was the first woman marine engineer in the UK and the first woman member of Institute of Marine Engineers. In the Second World War she served at sea as an engineering officer in the British Merchant Navy, and received awards for bravery under enemy fire.
'Inches' Yvonne Trewin, of Paignton, the smallest member of the crew makes a big leap ashore to make fast as the boat comes alongside (original caption). Official Admiralty photograph taken by Harold William John Tomlin, Plymouth, November 1944. Imperial War Museum image: A 26510. Description: a young woman in Naval uniform photographed mid-leap as she jumps from her boat to the shore. In the background can be seen other vessels including warships.
My favourite from this series: a Wren in flight. The leaping Wren is Yvonne Trewin from Paignton, nicknamed 'Inches' because she was the smallest member of her boat's crew (Imperial War Museum A 26510).
June Saunders, Women's Royal Naval Service, stands on the fo'c'sle of her boat preparing to make fast. Official Admiralty photograph by Harold William John Tomlin, Plymouth, November 1944. Imperial War Museum: A 26516.
Women have always gone to sea and faced the sea's dangers. Women were in many of the naval losses chronicled here, and are numbered among the casualties. Remembering them, and all the women afloat and ashore whose lives are caught up with the sea, on this #InternationalWomensDay #NavalHistory
I'm assuming the name was originally a French Prize name when it first came into RN
A few more photos of the French landings in Haiphong, 6-8 March 1946, that I neglected to post previously. The auxiliary cruisers Barfleur and Cephee are apparently depicted but not clearly identified.
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As a coastal submarine with a range of 6000 nautical miles it's an impressive feat
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next meeting with Northmark. She continued her trip north, passing the Cape Verde Islands, then between the Canary Islands and the Azores, and then into the Bay of Biscay and eventually arrived in Bordeaux on 20 May 1941. Overall, Perla covered 13,100 nm in 81 days of navigation.
his perplexity about his mission and suggested to him to reach either Brazil or Argentina to be interned; by his account, Napp politely rejected the advice, telling that he would do his utmost to obey his orders, much to Rogge's admiration.
Perla then had to travel 4,000 nm until her
She traveled south, passing east of Madagascar, where she rendezvoused with Atlantis and got refueled and restocked
Atlantis' skipper, Bernhard Rogge, wrote in his memoirs that, after seeing the small coastal submarine and its emaciated crew, he told the commander, Lt. Bruno Napp,
Perla left Massawa on 1 March 41 under the command of captain Bruno Napp. Just as she departed she was attacked by a Bristol Blenheim with depth charges without any success. Perla traveled submerged through the Red Sea & the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait & only surfaced once she reached the Indian Ocean.
HMS Welshman . Happy St David's day
During this journey Ping Wo also secretly transported 10,635 fine ounces of gold bullion
TO TANJONG PRIOK, JAVA, AS THE JAPANESE THREATENED THE ISLAND. AS IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE MAIN ENEMY ATTACK ON JAVA WAS NEAR, "VENDETTA" WAS AGAIN TAKEN UNDER TOW TO FREMANTLE, THIS TIME BY "PING WO". "VENDETTA" WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED TO MELBOURNE.
AT SEA, 1942-03. H.M.A.S. "VENDETTA" IN TOW OF H.M.A.S. "PING WO". THE "VENDETTA" WHICH WAS IMMOBILISED, HAVING BEEN IN DOCKYARD HANDS FOR A MAJOR REFIT AT KEPPEL HARBOUR, SINGAPORE, DURING THE CONTINUED SOUTHWARD ADVANCE OF THE JAPANESE ARMY IN MALAYA, ESCAPED UNDER TOW BY H.M.S. "STRONGHOLD"
Western Australia and subsequently part of the way to Melbourne to Albany. This tow was the longest ever involving an RAN warship
Batavia (now Jakarta) and with a mixed complement of RN and RAN reservists and civilian Chinese seamen, was engaged in the 62-day tow (at an average speed of three knots) of the disabled HMAS Vendetta from the Javan port of Tanjung Priok to Fremantle,
HMAS Ping Wo (not to be confused with HMAS Whang Pu) was a 3,105 tons former Indo-Chinese river steamer that was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II
After the fall of Singapore the vessel sailed to
Following the Battle of Singapore in early 1942, many of the requisitioned ships joined the Allied retreat to Australia. Six were acquired by the Royal Australian Navy; four of these were commissioned as auxiliary warships, while two served as Victualing Supply Issuing Ships
The terms Allied Chinese Ships and Allied China Fleet refer to 32 vessels of the Hong Kong-based China Navigation Company requisitioned by the Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
