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HMS Stubborn
HMS ''Stubborn'' was an British S-class submarine (1931), S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 11 November 1942. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ''Stubborn''. Career ''Stubborn'' spent the war in home waters, operating off the Scandinavian coast, and in the Pacific Far East. Home waters While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay, she fired torpedoes at a group of three German submarines (, , ) escorted by two destroyers. The torpedoes however missed their targets and the attack was not observed by the Germans. The two escorts were identified by ''Stubborn'' as s. The German submarines were returning from patrol and were bound for Bordeaux. ''Stubborn'' also made an unsuccessful attack on a German convoy off the Follafjord, west of Namsos, Norway, and on 11 February 1944, she sank the German merchant ''Makki Faulbaum'' and torpedoed and damaged the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Ensign Of The United Kingdom
The White Ensign, at one time called the St George's Ensign because of the simultaneous existence of a crossless version of the flag, is an ensign (flag), ensign worn on British Royal Navy ships and shore establishments. It consists of a red St George's Cross on a white field, identical to the flag of England except with the Union Flag in the upper canton. The White Ensign is also worn by yachts of members of the Royal Yacht Squadron and by ships of Trinity House escorting Monarchy of the United Kingdom, the reigning monarch. In addition to the United Kingdom, several other nations have variants of the White Ensign with their own national flags in the canton, with the St George's Cross sometimes being replaced by a naval badge omitting the cross altogether. Yachts of the Royal Irish Yacht Club wear a white ensign with an Irish tricolour in the first quadrant and defaced by the crowned harp from the Heraldic Badge of Ireland. The Flag of the British Antarctic Territory and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
