Naval History
Three Negapatam Naval Battles
Negapatam, Battle of June 25, 1746 Also known as the Battle of Fort St. David, this action A between French and English forces during the War of the AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION, 1739-48, took place between Negapatam and Fort St. David on the east coast of India. A small English squadron, commanded by Commodore Edward Peyton, was cruising off the Coromandel coast…
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Hellcats Apogee II
Admiral Ozawa’s fourth and last raid was deployed in three parts, and nearly all its 82 aircraft were destroyed. Eighteen enemy planes aborted after searching in vain 100 miles southwest of Guam. An erroneous contact report had led them astray. While returning to their carriers, the ten Zekes and eight…
WWI PACIFIC ISLANDS
Painting of HMAS Sydney (I), hung in the Sydney Room in the Office of the Chief of Navy, Russell Offices in Canberra. The painting was produced by Percy Spence to commemorate the sinking of the German Cruiser Emden off Cocos-Keeling Island on 9 November 1914. Soon after London declared war…
Canadian Navy WWII
HMCS Haida is a Tribal-class destroyer that served in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943 to 1963, participating in World War II and the Korean War. She was named for the Haida people. The only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 vessels constructed for the RCN, Royal Navy and…
Admiral Hotham’s Action 12-14 March 1795
In March 1795, Admiral Hotham was in temporary command of the Mediterranean Fleet. On 8 March Hotham heard that the French Admiral Pierre Martin had sailed with fifteen ships-of-the-line from Toulon to protect a troop convoy intended for the invasion of Corsica. Hotham led his fourteen battleships in pursuit. Nelson…
British heroic…
One shell burst right in front of the CO and it shot away his lower port wing. His Swordfish shuddered and dipped but Esmonde kept it flying. With blood pouring from wounds in his head and back Lt Cdr Esmonde hung onto the controls, holding his course steady for the…
The Mighty “Constitution”
Victory at sea by USS Constitution over HMS Guerriere painting by Anton Otto Fischer  Isaac Hull, the Constitution’s first wartime captain, a kind but thoroughgoing seaman who commanded the almost worshipful loyalty of his crew. Captain Hull had already decided to head for the south, and Bermuda, at the…