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Dr Phil Weir
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The Duke of Edinburgh served in the @RoyalNavy throughout #WW2 aboard the battleship HMS Valiant at the Battle of Cape Matapan & the evacuation of Crete, the destroyers HMS Wallace
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November 1940 was one of the most eventful & significant months of #WW2 at sea for the @RoyalNavy with fleets in action in the Atlantic & Mediterranean, while in the
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On this day 1940 a @RoyalNavy, @Australian_Navy & Free French force under V/Adm Sir John Cunningham, aboard the battleship HMS Barham, with the battleship HMS Resolution & aircraft carrier HMS
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On this day 1940 the #BattleofBritain is commonly considered to have reached its peak. Most commonly associated with the image of the pilots, ground crew & controllers of of ACM
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On this day 1940 Adm/Flt Sir Charles Forbes, CinC @RoyalNavy Home Fleet set sail from Scapa Flow aboard his newly returned flagship, the battleship HMS Nelson, with V/Adm Sir Jock
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The two @RoyalNavy fighter squadrons that are recorded as having participated in the #BattleOfBritain were each equipped, or equipping with the best naval fighters then available.808 Naval Air Squadron formed
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On this day 1940 the @RoyalNavy's Gibraltar-based Force H, formed just 3 days before under V/Adm Sir James Somerville with the battlecruiser HMS Hood, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal &
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On this day 1940 was in some respects one of the most critical of #WW2. With most troops evacuated & the defences of Cherbourg crumbling despite assistance from the firepower
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