New! HMS Monnow - River Class Frigate
Pennant: K 441 Built by: Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Bellis & Morcom Laid down: 28 Sep, 1943 Launched: 4 Dec, 1943 Commissioned: 11 May, 1944 End service: 3 Aug, 1944 History:...
View ArticleNew! HMS Milford - Falmouth Class Sloop
Pennant: L 51 / U 51 Built by: Devonport dockyard (Plymouth, U.K.): Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland)Laid down: 14 Sep, 1931 Launched: 11 Jun, 1932 Commissioned: 22 Dec, 1932 History: 28...
View ArticleNew! HMS Blackmore - Hunt Class Type II Destroyer
Pennant: L 43 Built by: A. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) Laid down: 10 Feb, 1941 Launched: 2 Dec, 1941 Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1942 History: Sold to the Royal Danish Navy in July 1952 and...
View ArticleNew! HMS Odzani - River Class Frigate
Pennant: K 356 Built by: Smiths Dock Co., Ltd. (South Bank-on-Tees, U.K.) Laid down: 18 Nov, 1942 Launched: 19 May, 1943 Commissioned: 2 Sep, 1943 History: Scrapped in June 1957.
View ArticleNew! HMS Burghead Bay - Bay Class Frigate
Pennant: K 622 Built by: Charles Hill & Sons Ltd. (Bristol, U.K.) : Robey Laid down: 21 Sep, 1944 Launched: 3 Mar, 1945 Commissioned: 20 Sep, 1945 History: Sold to Portugese Navy 11 May...
View ArticleNew! HMS Ballinderry - River Class Frigate
Pennant: K 255 Built by: Blyth Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. Ltd. (Blyth, U.K.) : Hawthorn Leslie & Co. (Hebburn-on-Tyne, U.K.) and Fletcher Laid down: 6 Nov, 1941 Launched: 7 Dec, 1942...
View ArticleNew! HMCS Gatineau - (ex HMS Express) - E Class Destroyer
Pennant: H 61 Built by: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend Laid down: 24 Mar, 1933 Launched: 29 May, 1934 Commissioned: 3 Jun, 1943 End service: 10 Jan, 1946...
View ArticleNew! HMCS Montreal - River Class Frigate
Pennant: K 319 Built by: Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Laid down: 23 Dec, 1942 Launched: 12 Jun, 1943 Commissioned: 12 Nov, 1943 End service: 15 Oct, 1945 History:Feb 25 1944 to...
View ArticleNew! HMCS Lanark - River Class Frigate
Pennant: K 669 (321) Built by: Canadian Vickers Ltd. (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) Laid down: 25 Sep, 1943 Launched: 10 Dec, 1943 Commissioned: 6 Jul, 1944 End service: 19 Mar, 1965 Decommissioned 24...
View ArticleHMS Haydon - Hunt Class Type III Destroyer
H . M . S . H A Y D O N ( L 7 5 ) Type III HUNT Class Escort Destroyer ordered from Vickers Armstrong, Wallsend, Newcastle on Tyne under the 1940 War Emergency Programme on 23rd August 1940. She was...
View ArticleHMNZS Kiwi - Bird Class Minesweeper
Name: HMNZS Kiwi (T102) Builder: Henry Robb Ltd. Scotland. Commissioned: 20 Oct 1941 Decommissioned: 20 Dec1956 Displacement: 60...Read More
View ArticleHMNZS Tui - Bird Class Minesweeper
In March 1942 in Scotland, Tui and the four Isles class trawlers, Killegray, Inchkeith, Sanda and Scarba had been newly build for New Zealand. They were formed into a flotilla and departed from the...
View Articlebelgian frigates and algerine in the 50's
this is a link of another forum on wich i'm member (of course beeing an ex petty officer - signalman) i'm a little bit confuse in recognising those good old frigates and minesweeper can someone help...
View ArticleImages from the collection of Graham Beckett
Thanks to Graham Beckett for sending through these images taken by his grandfather Eric Cecil George Castle, who served on HMS Loosestrife. Many of these ships were part of Escort Group B7 (Duncan,...
View ArticleHMAS Diamantina (1) River Class Frigate
G'day Thought you would like to know that a DVD has just been released of the WW2 River Class Frigate HMAS Diamantina (1) Pennant number K377. She is the last WW2 River Class left and is on display at...
View ArticleHMCS MATANE Images Sought
Some of you have read my painting and building log over in the model section. During my research I spoke with Peter Lynch who sailed in HMCS MATANE. He expressed an interest in any pictures of the...
View ArticleAssistance Request
Hi Guys Hoping that someone may be able to assist me with the identification of the two attached photos. These were found in an old family Album but no-one has a clue of the who, whats and where's to...
View ArticleH.M.S ACTAEON plaque in New Zealand
Hi there all, just a note from NZ to ask if anyone knows of any information regarding a plaque that has turned up here in Masterton....It has the words Campo Militar de Boane and directly under it is...
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