Kergroise was built in 1918 as the German patrol vessel SMS Bunnemann. Allocated to the French Navy in 1920, she was sold in 1921, becoming the fishing... 7 KB (522 words) - 06:01, 25 July 2023 |
SS Mexique (section Île de Cuba) destroyed by fire in Le Havre in 1938. Chantiers et Ateliers de Provence built Île de Cuba at Port-de-Bouc, launching her on 27 May 1914. Like CGT's Rochambeau... 19 KB (1,881 words) - 07:01, 17 March 2024 |
commemorated as unknown) in fishing ports on the French islands of Île de Ré and Île d'Oléron (cemeteries at Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Saint-Trojan-les-Bains,... 38 KB (4,353 words) - 11:07, 7 March 2024 |
light cruisers Arethusa and Galatea as they carried bullion from the Dutch port of IJmuiden to the United Kingdom for safe-keeping. On 12 May, she returned... 12 KB (1,347 words) - 15:30, 23 February 2024 |
"The Queen of the Pacific".[citation needed] Niagara had three screws. Her port and starboard screws were each driven by a four-cylinder triple-expansion... 79 KB (8,689 words) - 19:12, 22 April 2024 |
Vorpostenboot (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) control of the sea. The capitulation of France allowed for an increase in commerce raiding by German warships against British shipping. Following successful... 35 KB (4,445 words) - 01:03, 17 November 2022 |
HMS Glorious (category CS1 German-language sources (de)) 1939, Glorious spent the rest of the year unsuccessfully hunting for the commerce-raiding German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean before returning... 42 KB (5,096 words) - 17:59, 22 April 2024 |