during the Falklands War, Salt was captain of the Type 42 guided-missile destroyer Sheffield, one of three ships stationed up-threat of the task force to protect the aircraft carriers Hermes and ...
An in-depth investigation on how four ageing Argentine attack aircraft sank the missile-armed destroyer HMS Coventry at a critical stage in the 1982 Falklands War has been shown on British ...
Join us as we celebrate with 80 couples taking part in a Valentine's Day event hosted by the BBC at Coventry Cathedral.
Join us as we celebrate with 80 couples taking part in a Valentine's Day event hosted by the BBC at Coventry Cathedral.
He secured a generous broadcasting deal for the domestic game and championed the idea of European club competitions ...
In the Navy he specialised as a logistician, or “pusser”, and continued to play inter-service sport for Southern Counties while at the supply school, HMS Pembroke in Chatham, and in the ...
May 2 marks the fortieth anniversary of the first and only sinking of a warship by a nuclear submarine. By successfully sinking the Armada de la República Argentina’s (ARA) light... Britain’s ...
"Most people thought that war would have been over in one week," Trump said. "I think he’d be very well off to end that war." Meanwhile, Putin signaled openness to negotiations with the new US ...
Hermes Gustaf Daniel Giersch, 18, in Paris Monday, marking the first time she’s posed in public with him in a decade following a brutal custody war with her ex-husband, German businessman Daniel ...
HMS Pembroke in Chatham, and in the aircraft carrier Hermes. In 1969 his natural ability and leadership saw him captain the Navy to a draw against the Army, and to victory the following year.
Its entire focus should be on maintaining its war ... HMS Jupiter. He also qualified as a helicopter pilot at RNAS Yeovilton and subsequently joined 845 Naval Air Squadron, operating from HMS Hermes.