Admiral Andrew Cunningham led a daring assault with HMS Warspite and a formidable British fleet to challenge the Italian Royal Navy near their own shores, aiming for a decisive blow early in Italy’s ...

HMS Eagle played a crucial role in Operation Pedestal, a vital Allied convoy mission to resupply the besieged island of Malta ...

HMS Eagle was paid off in Portsmouth in 1972 after the decision to rundown the the Royal Navy fixed wing aircraft carrier fleet in 1966. She was sent to the breakers in October 1978. Advertisement ...

The HMS Eagle was sunk by a German or Italian submarine. Then the HMS Indomitable was hit and damaged by aircraft both Italian and German. When we came back we took a convoy of troops to Algiers ...