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Australia:
HMAS Australia (D84) silhouetted against the sun, whilst at sea in the south Pacific, 4 August 1943. Her Supermarine Walrus is stowed amidships on the catapult. Photographed from USS Saratoga (CV-3)
H.M.A.S. Australia in Brisbane, 17 July 1937. A Supermarine Walrus is sitting on the ship's aircraft catapult
Image believed to be HMAS Perth on sea trials, circa 1940 off New South Wales
HMAS Australia (D84) silhouetted against the sun, whilst at sea in the south Pacific, 4 August 1943. Her Supermarine Walrus is stowed amidships on the catapult. Photographed from USS Saratoga (CV-3)
H.M.A.S. Australia in Brisbane, 17 July 1937. A Supermarine Walrus is sitting on the ship's aircraft catapult
Image believed to be HMAS Perth on sea trials, circa 1940 off New South Wales
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France:
12th May, 2020. The sea trials of the Suffren, the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, go on with first helicopter hoist training. They will enable the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French Navy to test the performances of the submarine at sea before her delivery later this year. A total of six Barracuda-class vessels will be added to the French Navy’s fleet by 2030.
12th May, 2020. The sea trials of the Suffren, the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, go on with first helicopter hoist training. They will enable the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French Navy to test the performances of the submarine at sea before her delivery later this year. A total of six Barracuda-class vessels will be added to the French Navy’s fleet by 2030.
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Chile:
Oiler Almirante Montt docked in Esquimalt BC April 2016. Formerly the USNS Andrew J. Higgins till sold to Chile in 2009. She worked with the RCN for 40 days in 2015 and for 3 months the following year to help develop RAS skills of the crews on the ships she worked with.
Oiler Almirante Montt docked in Esquimalt BC April 2016. Formerly the USNS Andrew J. Higgins till sold to Chile in 2009. She worked with the RCN for 40 days in 2015 and for 3 months the following year to help develop RAS skills of the crews on the ships she worked with.
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USN:
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47). Exercising at sea with another carrier and a heavy cruiser, circa 1948. The photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 10 January 1949.
Note: "E" painted on her stack, location of hull number below the after end of her island; and HO3S helicopter on her flight deck.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
USS Philippine Sea (CV-47). Exercising at sea with another carrier and a heavy cruiser, circa 1948. The photograph was received by the Naval Photographic Center on 10 January 1949.
Note: "E" painted on her stack, location of hull number below the after end of her island; and HO3S helicopter on her flight deck.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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RN:
HMS London, pennant number C69, was a member of the second group of the County-class heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier group of Counties, (known as the Kent class), by having a smaller forward superstructure, which was positioned slightly further aft, and little armour plating. HMS London's career spanned over twenty years.
HMS London, pennant number C69, was a member of the second group of the County-class heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier group of Counties, (known as the Kent class), by having a smaller forward superstructure, which was positioned slightly further aft, and little armour plating. HMS London's career spanned over twenty years.
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Italy:
Heavy cruiser Fiume undergoing sea trials, Gulf of trieste, November 1931
H 1, a Holland Type 602 submarine
The Holland Type 602 submarines were a veritable success in the years around World War I. Among the navies that used them, the Regia Marina, in need of valid submarines, was pointed to Canadian Vickers by the Admiralty, and so put through an order for eight boats. The H-class submarines, as they were classified, proved very successful; simple and sturdy, rationally built, fast enough both on the surface and submerged, they served in both World Wars.
The H 1 was laid down in Montreal on 31 May 1916, launched on 16 October and commissioned in the Regia Marina on 23 December, at Halifax. After reaching Italy in March 1917, it was deployed to Brindisi and in May it performed the first of the thirty-nine missions during the Great War.
Obsolete by World War II, although in good working order, the H 1, together with its four sisters still active (the H 5 had been lost to friendly fire in WWI, while the H 3 and the H 7 had been decommissioned and sold for scrap in the 1930s), was still alive and kicking by 1940; after being deployed in the Ligurian and west Mediterranean Seas, since 1941 it was gradually relegated to training roles, especially as "target ship" for the hydrophonics school based at Genoa.
When the Armistice was announced on 8 September 1943, the old boat and a few others had sailed from La Spezia to Corsica, to get them out of a probable German attempt of seizing Italian ships there. They would sail to Portoferraio and, joining a squadron of small ships gathered there, would then go to Allied-controlled Palermo, and then Malta, as established by the Armistice terms.
Between 1943 and 1945 the H 1 would still manage to help out in ASW training, before being decommissioned in 1947 and then, the year later, struck from the navy list and sold for scrap, following the terms of the Peace Treaty.
Heavy cruiser Fiume undergoing sea trials, Gulf of trieste, November 1931
H 1, a Holland Type 602 submarine
The Holland Type 602 submarines were a veritable success in the years around World War I. Among the navies that used them, the Regia Marina, in need of valid submarines, was pointed to Canadian Vickers by the Admiralty, and so put through an order for eight boats. The H-class submarines, as they were classified, proved very successful; simple and sturdy, rationally built, fast enough both on the surface and submerged, they served in both World Wars.
The H 1 was laid down in Montreal on 31 May 1916, launched on 16 October and commissioned in the Regia Marina on 23 December, at Halifax. After reaching Italy in March 1917, it was deployed to Brindisi and in May it performed the first of the thirty-nine missions during the Great War.
Obsolete by World War II, although in good working order, the H 1, together with its four sisters still active (the H 5 had been lost to friendly fire in WWI, while the H 3 and the H 7 had been decommissioned and sold for scrap in the 1930s), was still alive and kicking by 1940; after being deployed in the Ligurian and west Mediterranean Seas, since 1941 it was gradually relegated to training roles, especially as "target ship" for the hydrophonics school based at Genoa.
When the Armistice was announced on 8 September 1943, the old boat and a few others had sailed from La Spezia to Corsica, to get them out of a probable German attempt of seizing Italian ships there. They would sail to Portoferraio and, joining a squadron of small ships gathered there, would then go to Allied-controlled Palermo, and then Malta, as established by the Armistice terms.
Between 1943 and 1945 the H 1 would still manage to help out in ASW training, before being decommissioned in 1947 and then, the year later, struck from the navy list and sold for scrap, following the terms of the Peace Treaty.
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Argentina:
Type 42 Destroyer 'ARA Santísima Trinidad' of the Argentinian Navy shortly after she sank in Puerto Belgrano Naval Base due to lack of maintenance, January 2013.
The British embargo imposed on Argentina was felt heavily by the pair of Type 42s, ARA Santísima Trinidad sailed for one last time in 1989 and afterwards she was used to cannibalise for spare parts to keep ARA Hércules operational. She was finally decommissioned in 2004 with plans to convert her into a museum ship. In 2013, while in Puerto Belgrano, several internal compartments were flooded due to a broken valve, the flooding could not be corrected and the ship took on a 50 degree list, later on the list worsened and she settled on the floor of the dock. Her list was corrected by 2015 and she was finally raised, the damage was too extensive and all plans to convert her into a museum ship were cancelled, she is to be scrapped.
Type 42 Destroyer 'ARA Santísima Trinidad' of the Argentinian Navy shortly after she sank in Puerto Belgrano Naval Base due to lack of maintenance, January 2013.
The British embargo imposed on Argentina was felt heavily by the pair of Type 42s, ARA Santísima Trinidad sailed for one last time in 1989 and afterwards she was used to cannibalise for spare parts to keep ARA Hércules operational. She was finally decommissioned in 2004 with plans to convert her into a museum ship. In 2013, while in Puerto Belgrano, several internal compartments were flooded due to a broken valve, the flooding could not be corrected and the ship took on a 50 degree list, later on the list worsened and she settled on the floor of the dock. Her list was corrected by 2015 and she was finally raised, the damage was too extensive and all plans to convert her into a museum ship were cancelled, she is to be scrapped.
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Italy:
Spica class torpedo boat Antares in 1942
A MAS flotilla at anchor in an Italian naval base, spring 1941
The King of Italy reviewing the crew of the battleship Littorio, winter 1942
Spica class torpedo boat Antares in 1942
A MAS flotilla at anchor in an Italian naval base, spring 1941
The King of Italy reviewing the crew of the battleship Littorio, winter 1942
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RN:
HMS Bedfordshire, a converted fishing trawler, became one of the many casualties in the battle for the Atlantic during World War II. In 1941, Allied ships were under constant attack from German U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to starve Britain into surrender.
Along the East Coast of the United States, the submarines were a serious threat with many ships being attacked. The US Navy had no specific anti submarine fleet and following the Japanese attack on pearl Harbour was concentrating its strength in the Pacific and so twenty four ships from the Royal Navy were sent to assist with patrol and escort duties and safeguard the eastern coast of the United States.
They all belonged to the Royal Naval Patrol Service, a fleet of ships that had all been converted from fishing trawlers. Together they were affectionately known as Harry Tate’s Navy. Harry Tate was a famous musical hall performer who’s act always went wrong. His catchphrase was ‘Goodbyeeee’ which inspired the famous WWI song.One of the trawlers was HMS / HMT Bedfordshire. Built in 1935, the 443 ton ship was taken over by the Admiralty in 1939 and fitted with a four inch gun.
On the 11th May 1942, HMT Bedfordshire and HMT St Loman were sent out from their base at Morehead City in North Carolina to look for a German U-boat that was suspected to be operating near Ocracoke Island.
Unfortunately for the Bedfordshire, the two ships had already been spotted by the U-558, commanded by twenty-seven year old Gunther Krech. That evening, Krech though they’d been detected by one of the trawlers and launched an attack on the St Loman, but it’s torpedoes were spotted and the St Loman managed to avoid them.
At 5.40am on the 12th of May, the U-558 fired on the HMT Bedfordshire and with a direct hit sent it to the bottom, with the loss of all 37 on board.
Although everyone on board the Bedfordshire perished, ship stoker Sam Nutt survived. Sam had sailed across the Atlantic on the Bedfordshire to Norfolk, Virginia, before continuing down to Morehead City.
On the 10th of May, Sam had been on shore leave, but that night while leaving a bar, he was arrested and put in jail for the night. However he was released without charge and so Sam made off to reunite with his shipmates only to find the ship had already departed. Having boarded another boat to rejoin his shipmates, but when they reached the vicinity of Ocracoke Island there was no trace of the Bedfordshire. By a stroke of good fortune, Sam Nutt had avoided certain death.
A few days after the sinking of HMS Bedfordshire, four bodies were washed up on the beach of Okracoke Island.
Two were identified as telegraphist Stanley Craig, and Sub Lieutenant Tom Cunningham. The other two seamen were not identified but were both presumed to have come from the Bedfordshire as they were wearing Royal Navy uniforms.
They were buried in a small fenced off area in the island’s main cemetery, which is now maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
In the 1980s, the state of North Carolina deeded the British cemetery in Ocracoke Village to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in perpetuity.
https://stephenliddell.co.uk/2019/09/02/the-royal-navy-ship-sank-defending-the-united-states/
HMS Bedfordshire, a converted fishing trawler, became one of the many casualties in the battle for the Atlantic during World War II. In 1941, Allied ships were under constant attack from German U-boats in the Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to starve Britain into surrender.
Along the East Coast of the United States, the submarines were a serious threat with many ships being attacked. The US Navy had no specific anti submarine fleet and following the Japanese attack on pearl Harbour was concentrating its strength in the Pacific and so twenty four ships from the Royal Navy were sent to assist with patrol and escort duties and safeguard the eastern coast of the United States.
They all belonged to the Royal Naval Patrol Service, a fleet of ships that had all been converted from fishing trawlers. Together they were affectionately known as Harry Tate’s Navy. Harry Tate was a famous musical hall performer who’s act always went wrong. His catchphrase was ‘Goodbyeeee’ which inspired the famous WWI song.One of the trawlers was HMS / HMT Bedfordshire. Built in 1935, the 443 ton ship was taken over by the Admiralty in 1939 and fitted with a four inch gun.
On the 11th May 1942, HMT Bedfordshire and HMT St Loman were sent out from their base at Morehead City in North Carolina to look for a German U-boat that was suspected to be operating near Ocracoke Island.
Unfortunately for the Bedfordshire, the two ships had already been spotted by the U-558, commanded by twenty-seven year old Gunther Krech. That evening, Krech though they’d been detected by one of the trawlers and launched an attack on the St Loman, but it’s torpedoes were spotted and the St Loman managed to avoid them.
At 5.40am on the 12th of May, the U-558 fired on the HMT Bedfordshire and with a direct hit sent it to the bottom, with the loss of all 37 on board.
Although everyone on board the Bedfordshire perished, ship stoker Sam Nutt survived. Sam had sailed across the Atlantic on the Bedfordshire to Norfolk, Virginia, before continuing down to Morehead City.
On the 10th of May, Sam had been on shore leave, but that night while leaving a bar, he was arrested and put in jail for the night. However he was released without charge and so Sam made off to reunite with his shipmates only to find the ship had already departed. Having boarded another boat to rejoin his shipmates, but when they reached the vicinity of Ocracoke Island there was no trace of the Bedfordshire. By a stroke of good fortune, Sam Nutt had avoided certain death.
A few days after the sinking of HMS Bedfordshire, four bodies were washed up on the beach of Okracoke Island.
Two were identified as telegraphist Stanley Craig, and Sub Lieutenant Tom Cunningham. The other two seamen were not identified but were both presumed to have come from the Bedfordshire as they were wearing Royal Navy uniforms.
They were buried in a small fenced off area in the island’s main cemetery, which is now maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
In the 1980s, the state of North Carolina deeded the British cemetery in Ocracoke Village to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in perpetuity.
https://stephenliddell.co.uk/2019/09/02/the-royal-navy-ship-sank-defending-the-united-states/
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RN:
HMS Fidelity (D57) was a Special Service Vessel of the British Royal Navy during World War II, originally the French merchant vessel La Rhin.
In 1941 Fidelity operated off the coast of Southern France as a clandestine transport under the direction of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), landing agents and picking up escaped prisoners, disguised as Spanish or Portuguese freighters. She also took part in small-scale sabotage operations.
In 1942 Fidelity was refitted to operate as a commando carrier for operations in south-east Asia. She was armed with four 4-inch guns, four 21-inch torpedo tubes, and carried two OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes, the motor torpedo boat MTB-105, and the landing craft HMS LCV-752 and LCV-754.
In December 1942 Fidelity, with T Company, 40 Commando aboard, joined Convoy ON 154. The convoy was attacked by U-boats from 27 December while north of the Azores.
On 29 December Fidelity, suffering from engine problems, fell out of the convoy. She launched her aircraft as an anti-submarine patrol while repairs took place. During this time her aircraft reported lifeboats to the southwest and her landing craft was sent to pick them up. These were 44 men from Empire Shackleton, the convoy commodore’s ship.
During the night Fidelity was making 5 knots towards the Azores, but came under attack twice. She was fired on by U-225, and later by U-615. Both U-boats were driven off when Fidelity fired back.
On 30 December she was found by U-435, under the command of Siegfried Strelow at position 43°23′N 27°07′WCoordinates:
43°23′N 27°07′W and was torpedoed twice. Strelow observed the sinking, and estimated about 300 survivors in the water, but when he made his report later he was asked "whether their destruction in the prevailing weather can be counted on". This was some months after BdU’s infamous Laconia Order, instructing U-boat commanders not to assist survivors in any way, and regarded at the Nuremburg Trials as a tacit encouragement to ensure there were none.
At the time of her sinking Fidelity had on board some 369 souls (274 crew, 51 Marines and 44 survivors from Empire Shackleton): All were lost. The only survivors were the eight crew of the motor torpedo boat, detached on anti-submarine patrol, who were later picked up by HMCS Woodstock (K238), and two crewmen of a seaplane that had crashed on take off on 28 December and been picked up by HMCS St. Laurent (H83). To this day 40 Commando has never reused T as a company designation in memory of the loss.
HMS Fidelity (D57) was a Special Service Vessel of the British Royal Navy during World War II, originally the French merchant vessel La Rhin.
In 1941 Fidelity operated off the coast of Southern France as a clandestine transport under the direction of the Special Operations Executive (SOE), landing agents and picking up escaped prisoners, disguised as Spanish or Portuguese freighters. She also took part in small-scale sabotage operations.
In 1942 Fidelity was refitted to operate as a commando carrier for operations in south-east Asia. She was armed with four 4-inch guns, four 21-inch torpedo tubes, and carried two OS2U Kingfisher floatplanes, the motor torpedo boat MTB-105, and the landing craft HMS LCV-752 and LCV-754.
In December 1942 Fidelity, with T Company, 40 Commando aboard, joined Convoy ON 154. The convoy was attacked by U-boats from 27 December while north of the Azores.
On 29 December Fidelity, suffering from engine problems, fell out of the convoy. She launched her aircraft as an anti-submarine patrol while repairs took place. During this time her aircraft reported lifeboats to the southwest and her landing craft was sent to pick them up. These were 44 men from Empire Shackleton, the convoy commodore’s ship.
During the night Fidelity was making 5 knots towards the Azores, but came under attack twice. She was fired on by U-225, and later by U-615. Both U-boats were driven off when Fidelity fired back.
On 30 December she was found by U-435, under the command of Siegfried Strelow at position 43°23′N 27°07′WCoordinates:
At the time of her sinking Fidelity had on board some 369 souls (274 crew, 51 Marines and 44 survivors from Empire Shackleton): All were lost. The only survivors were the eight crew of the motor torpedo boat, detached on anti-submarine patrol, who were later picked up by HMCS Woodstock (K238), and two crewmen of a seaplane that had crashed on take off on 28 December and been picked up by HMCS St. Laurent (H83). To this day 40 Commando has never reused T as a company designation in memory of the loss.
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