On October 15, 1914, a German sub captained by U-boat ace Otto Weddigen attacked the HMS Hawke, killing 524 crew members, ...
The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in WW2 appear to have ... She was slow to go down, disappearing beneath the waves, stern first, at 11 the next morning. When she left Liverpool ...
Possessing a low-profile and single-gunned turrets at the front and stern of the ... warship gave the potent British Royal ...
A cargo vessel with British links ... It is down by the stern, but has not sunk. Although the ship's name is not visible, all of its characteristics match those of the Rubymar.
HMS Hawke was located in August about six miles from where British maritime officials estimated it would be in the early ...
The British ships on which the brunt of the fighting fell were the battlecruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four fast battleships. Among these the losses were heavy.