Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak, after the Royal Oak in which Charles II hid himself during his flight from the country in... 2 KB (310 words) - 03:55, 15 April 2022 |
nearest to 13 October, the date of the sinking of the battleship HMS Royal Oak (08) at Scapa Flow in 1939. At the service on 9 October 2019, eighty years... 5 KB (368 words) - 06:14, 22 May 2023 |
"HMS Britannia Sunk". The Daily Telegraph. 11 November 1918. Grant 2008, p. 291. Friedman 2015, p. 352. Grant 2008, p. 290. "Wreck of HMS Royal Oak".... 93 KB (5,906 words) - 13:26, 2 December 2023 |
references to the March Past of the Royal Navy, Heart of Oak. The trio pays homage to the 20th-century battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth, the only other ship... 2 KB (206 words) - 21:28, 13 May 2022 |
Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October 1945. See also List of ships of the Royal Navy. The Royal... 48 KB (306 words) - 12:43, 6 April 2024 |
Revenge-class battleship (redirect from Royal Sovereign 2 class battleship) and sank the submarine HMS L24 during training exercises, killing all aboard. Royal Oak was involved in the so-called "Royal Oak Mutiny", between her commander... 43 KB (5,383 words) - 18:57, 9 April 2024 |
sank a total of 31 enemy vessels, including the British battleship HMS Royal Oak, and damaged nine more. U-47 ranks as one of the most successful German... 36 KB (3,048 words) - 23:42, 9 March 2024 |
(HMS Royal Oak (08)) San Juan de Silicia Spanish Navy 5 November 1588 A ship of the Spanish Armada that was blown up at Tobermory. HMS Sealion Royal... 23 KB (263 words) - 18:34, 1 April 2024 |
Günther Prien (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves) 200,000 gross register tons (GRT), along with the British battleship HMS Royal Oak at anchor in the Home Fleet's anchorage in Scapa Flow. Prien was one... 55 KB (7,248 words) - 15:07, 7 March 2024 |
Quercus robur (redirect from English oak) a pollarded oak ("copped oak"). 'The Royal Oak' is the third most popular pub name in Britain (with 541 counted in 2007) and HMS Royal Oak has been the... 40 KB (3,416 words) - 00:45, 29 April 2024 |
Kenneth Dewar (category Royal Navy vice admirals) 1920s. In 1928 he was at the heart of the "Royal Oak Mutiny", when as captain of the battleship Royal Oak he forwarded his executive officer's letter... 44 KB (5,696 words) - 21:35, 1 December 2023 |
his brother John, chaplain on the Royal Navy ship of the line HMS Royal Oak under Captain Sir Digby Dent. Royal Oak was stationed off North America at... 14 KB (1,568 words) - 17:53, 24 April 2024 |
Ships beginning with L". Warsailors. Retrieved 26 January 2011. "HMS Royal Oak (08)". uboat.net. Retrieved 24 July 2021. "SS Sneaton (+1939)". Wrecksite... 56 KB (1,224 words) - 14:19, 27 November 2023 |
is dedicated to the four ex-cadets of the Royal Naval College of Canada and men of Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Good Hope who were killed in action in 1914... 15 KB (1,395 words) - 03:55, 27 December 2023 |
HMS Barham was one of five Queen Elizabeth-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the early 1910s. Completed in 1915, she was often used as... 61 KB (8,572 words) - 07:01, 23 February 2024 |
John Treasure Jones (category Royal Navy officers) reserve training in the Royal Navy, after which he was laid off. In 1930–31 Jones served six months afloat in the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and four months... 21 KB (2,400 words) - 14:19, 23 April 2024 |
The General Service Medal 2008 (GSM 08) was introduced in 2015 for award to Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, and RAF personnel to recognise specified... 7 KB (670 words) - 16:24, 21 November 2023 |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (redirect from His Royal Highness Prince Philip) instructor at HMS Royal Arthur, the Petty Officers' School in Corsham, Wiltshire. In 1939 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth toured the Royal Naval College... 157 KB (13,752 words) - 00:36, 28 April 2024 |
John Yelland (category Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War) moved, as acting lieutenant, to HMS Royal Oak, in time for the Battle of Chesapeake in September. In December the Royal Oak was sent to the West Indies where... 9 KB (998 words) - 22:39, 31 December 2023 |
of Defence HMS Affray HMS A7 HMS Bulwark HMS B2 HMS Dasher HMS Exmouth HMS Formidable HMS H5 HMS Hampshire HMS Natal HMS Royal Oak UB-81 HMS Vanguard "The... 27 KB (590 words) - 19:19, 16 March 2024 |
Westminster Hall (category Royal residences in the City of Westminster) Hall's roof measures 20.7 by 73.2 metres (68 by 240 ft). Oak timbers for the roof came from royal woods in Hampshire and from parks in Hertfordshire and... 19 KB (1,827 words) - 10:19, 24 April 2024 |