Feature Articles Index

• Royal Navy Recent Operations •

In recent years the Royal Navy has participated in many small conflicts and large scale humanitarian relief efforts. This article takes a look at Royal Navy involvement with Montserrat, Central America, Kosovo, Turkey, East Timor, Mozambique and Sierra Leone.

• The Royal Navy and the Gulf •

A look at the particpation of the Royal Navy in various Gulf conflicts and operations including the Gulf War and Operation Desert Fox.

• Mark Pendleton's memories of the Archer Class vessels •

Lieutenant Mark Pendleton, Royal Naval Reserve (Retired) remembers life with the vessels of the Royal Navy Reserve.......

• Aircraft Carriers and the Falklands War •

A look at the involvement of Aircraft Carriers and aviation related ships in the 1982 Falklands Conflict. From Hermes and Invincible to the Argentine carrier Veinticinco De Mayo to the merchant vessels converted into 'Harrier Carriers'.

• The Development and History of Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers •

Charting the development of the aircraft carrier, its rise from experimental concept to capital ship and its involvement in two world wars and numerous smaller conflicts.

• The Leaking Wreck of H.M.S Royal Oak •

Sixty years after she sunk a Royal Navy battleship is still leaking oil. This poses a serious and unusual environmental problem for the Scottish Island of Orkney and the race is on to find a solution without disturbing one of Britain's largest official war graves.

• The Yangtse Incident in Pictures •

In April 1949 a British warship was deliberately attacked by Communist Forces, along the River Yantgse, China. Stranded between Nanking and Shanghai, with her commanding officer and many others dead, H.M.S Amethyst overcame the odds and fought her way to freedom in a legendary act of courage. A photographic look at the shelling of H.M.S Amethyst, her attempted rescue by cruiser London, and her heroic escape

• Aircraft Carriers in Action: Ark Royal and Eagle in Pictures •

Everyday operations on two Royal Navy carriers- H.M Ships Ark Royal and Eagle- captured in colour.

• RFA Plumleaf and the Falklands •

The taskforce and the war through her eyes

• RFA Resource and Regent: In Pictures •

Photographs of the two ammunition stores ships.

• Type 12 Sinkings •

A photographic look at the sinking of four redundant Type 12 Frigates and the potential sinking of HMS Scylla.

• Graham Kelsey's Memories of HMS Lowestoft •

An oral and photographic look at the Type 12 Frigate Lowestoft in action - off Iceland, off Vietnam and on exercises with HMS Intrepid.

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