By then Glorious had transmitted a distress message which was picked up by the heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire thirty to fifty miles away. Though the Royal Navy claimed the transmission was too ...

It would have been very dangerous to take the surrender. 'HMS Devonshire picked up 200 survivors but had to leave a lot of men behind because there was U-boat activity in the area.' The revelation ...

they where ordered to swap ships with cruiser HMS Devonshire. Gang planks were placed fore and aft and as one crew left, the other crew joined the ship, and in dismay they watched as the Norfolk ...

HMS Ramillies and HMS Devonshire. France: Vichy French garrison (around 8,000 troops); eight coastal batteries, two armed merchant cruisers, five submarines and a handful of aircraft. Outcome ...

HMS Ambush and HMS Artful are a new class of nuclear attack submarines being built at BAE Systems Submarines' 169 acre site. Astute, the first in her class, is almost complete. She is being fitted out ...

1941 when she was sunk by the British Cruiser HMS Devonshire. Rogge was one of the few German officers of flag rank who were not arrested by the Allies after the war ended. This was due to the ...