by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Apr 7, 2022 | History Article
NOTE: This is an opinion piece created for discussion purposes and does not reflect the views or opinions of the Canadian government or the Royal Canadian Navy. A Brief History The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the youngest naval forces in the western world. It was...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Aug 31, 2021 | History Article
Like many of the world’s navies the auxiliaries play a key role for any naval force large or small, enabling them to remain on station anywhere in the world. Every major navy has an auxiliary force of some kind operating in conjunction with their navies, ship...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Aug 14, 2021 | History Article
USS Texas is currently closed to the public while she undergoes restoration work, to find out more about her status and to donate to the ship please visit https://battleshiptexas.org/ This article was written with help from Travis Davis and Gabe Shuffield from the...
by Matthew Wright | Jun 16, 2021 | History Article
by Matthew Wright There is no question that Admiral Sir John Fisher, Britain’s First Sea Lord from 1904 to 1910 and the effective head of the Admiralty, was instrumental in driving a sea-change in the nature of heavy warships. What has puzzled historians,...
by Blair Shaw EMLog MInsTA CMILT MSOE | Jun 6, 2021 | History Article
Commerce raiding has been employed for many centuries by various nations in the hope of denying the enemy vital supplies. During World War one and two the German U boats became arguably the most famous commerce raiders of all time, their tenacity and vigor twice...
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