Sunday, 2 November 2008

DISASTER! The sinking of the RMS REPUBLIC

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The Royal Mail Steamer REPUBLIC was a gorgeous White Star Liner. The ship was originally built in Belfast, for the International Mercantile ...
Wednesday, 29 October 2008

"A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY" The sinking of USS ARIZONA

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Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will li...
Saturday, 25 October 2008

"No, there is no boat here." The Sinking of the Ferry ESTONIA.

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"NO, THERE IS NO BOAT HERE." These are the haunting words uttered by the captain of the Mariella, the lead rescue ship, one of man...
Thursday, 16 October 2008

Anatoly Babkin and the day naval warfare changed forever.

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INTRODUCING THE SHKVAL. Anatoly Babkin, brilliant Russian scientist and most recently head of the rocket engine faculty at the Bauman Techni...
Tuesday, 14 October 2008

The Oceans Most Wicked Tragedy: Russian Submarine KURSK

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K-141 Kursk was an Oscar II class nuclear cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy, lost with all hands when it sank in the Barents Sea ...

"SINK THE BELGRANO"

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The warship was built as USS Phoenix (CL-46), the sixth of the Brooklyn-class cruisers, in New Jersey by the New York Shipbuilding Corporati...
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Pecking the Lobes: The sinking of HMS Sheffield.

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HMS Sheffield was another Type 42 guided missle destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was attacked by the Argentine Air Force during the late mo...