Aidan Edward Toase. Humphrey Woods .Captain Bell .Marine Russel .Commodore Harwood . Captain A.E.Toase The Royal Marines HMS Exeter Historical background Since the war started, a German battleship, ...

War grave HMS Exeter is being plundered for scrap metal and the bodies of sailors who drowned aboard her are being dumped in mass graves. Reports in Indonesian media say dredgers have been operating ...

Two British shipwrecks dating from World War II have "vanished" from the floor of the Java Sea, and several others have been partially removed, in raids blamed on illegal scrap metal salvage operators ...

British cruiser H.M.S. Exeter being cheered by sailors and dock workers as she is brought alongside the quay at Plymouth, England, on Feb. 15, 1940. Rider AP The HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser in the ...

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HMS Pinafore premiered in 1878 at the Opera Comique in London, and became Gilbert and Sullivan’s first smash hit, enjoying a successful run of 571 performances. Satirising the snobbery and hypocrisy ...

An emotional Lieutenant Commander aboard the Royal Navy flagship has reflected on the service of his uncle eight decades before. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get ...