Category: Military
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HMS Gloucester (1939) British Light Cruiser
HMS Gloucester (1939) British Light Cruiser HMS Gloucester (62) was a British light cruiser of the second group of the Town-class cruisers built for the Royal Navy before the Second World War. Nicknamed the “Fighting G,” Gloucester became one of the most active and respected cruisers of the war before her loss in 1941. Designed… Read more
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HMS Edinburgh (1939) British Light Cruiser
HMS Edinburgh (1939) British Light Cruiser HMS Edinburgh was a British light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in 1938 and commissioned in 1939. She was the last ship of the Town-class cruisers and was designed for speed, long-range patrols, and protection of merchant convoys during the Second World War. Armed with twelve 6-inch guns… Read more
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HMS Eagle (1918) Aircraft Carrier
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924.… Read more