In December 1939, HMS Exeter, along with HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles, fought a ferocious engagement against Germany's Admiral Graf Spee. It produced one of the most famous - and bizarre - endings to a ...
He must have known that his audacious naval tactics would give him the upper hand against the Franco-Spanish fleet. But Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson wasn't taking any chances. A newly discovered letter ...
This Sunday, December first members of the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans leave for Chile, Uruguay and Argentina to recall events of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate, 13 ...
HMS Kent, one of the Royal Navy's most modern warships, looked back at history as she remembered one of her illustrious World War II predecessors last Sunday. The Portsmouth based frigate, currently ...
AJAX — Once again, the Town is rolling out the welcome mat to the HMS Ajax and River Plate Veterans Association.Ajax is hosting the 70th anniversary reunion next fall and it will be the second time ...
It's said that the eastern redbud tree dates back to biblical times. It produces a beautiful reddish-purple flower in early springtime, and the foliage bursts into fiery crimson in autumn. On a long, ...
AJAX — It took almost 30 years to get it right, but a British woman’s name is now inscribed on the bell which is rung to open council sessions in Ajax.The bell used to belong to the British Navy as ...
A lasting memorial has been unveiled to the sailors on all sides who fought and died in the Battle of the River Plate during the Second World War 75 years ago. On the landmark anniversary of what was ...
The town is named after a British ship, the HMS Ajax, that won a 1939 battle against a ship commanded by Hans Langsdorff, a Nazi officer. (JTA) — A suburb of Toronto will rename a street named for ...
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