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Volume 10 - No. 240 - August 30, 1946

The Tragedy of H.M.S. Glorious

Aug1946

The Tragedy of H.M.S. Glorious

In view of the important role played by aircraft carriers in the Second Great War, it is a deplorable fact that, almost to the last, the Royal Navy found itself shorter of these ships than of those of

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His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Iron Duke

Aug1946

His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Iron Duke

Motto: “Fortune is the Companion of Valour.” H.M.S. Iron Duke was a battleship of 21,250 tons, launched at Portsmouth on October 12, 1912. She wore the flag of Admiral Sir George Callaghan from Mar

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Full index of this magazine

  • The Tragedy of H.M.S. Glorious
  • His Majesty's Ships - H.M.S. Iron Duke
  • The Household Cavalry
  • 50th (Northumbrian) Division
  • Sudan and Other African Territories
  • Europe's Wartime Capitals in 1946 - Paris
  • I Was There! - 21 Nations Meet to Make Peace
  • I Was There! - I Crash-landed on Burma's Broadway
  • I Was There! - Rebirth of Walcheren as an Island
  • No. 20 Squadron
  • I Was There! - The Hounds of Okegem Betrayed Us
  • New Facts and Figures