It was the worst stateside disaster in World War II, according to the Navy. The White sailors were granted leave after the explosion, but Black sailors were ordered back to work loading ammunition ...
In 1982, members from the US Navy's Task Group 22.3 reunited with members of the German submarine's crew in Chicago, marking the first time the German sailors saw the U-boat since the war.
Joseph, who grew up in the Greater Manchester area but settled in York five years ago, served as a stoker in the Royal Navy after signing up in 1943 at the age of 18. During the Second World War, he ...
A Kilkenny response to an appeal from the far side of the world could see the World War I memorabilia of a local man returned to the county. Sailor Denis Owens, from Castlecomer, died in June 1918 ...
Captain John Rees, retired chief of staff at the National Museum of the Royal Navy and ... of World War One light cruiser HMS Caroline, chairs the group. He said Irish sailors who died in the ...
During World War II ... a Navy gunboat sent a discouraged update to Coast Guard headquarters: “Considering all factors it is our opinion chances yawl still afloat remote.” The United States ...
Technically, the two countries are still at war, despite a 70 ... retake the ship and get its sailors back in control. The action at sea even earned the United States a rare mention of praise ...
A cross-border project to create a museum in honour of more than 1,600 Irish sailors lost at sea during the First World War is to launch ... Museum of the Royal Navy and former director in charge ...
A Kilkenny response to an appeal from the far side of the world could see the World War I memorabilia of a local man returned to the county. Sailor Denis Owens, from Castlecomer ... Registration is ...