Admiral Sir Derek Reffell, who has died aged 96, was Controller of the Navy and later Governor of Gibraltar. As Controller of ...

“I’m just grateful my family didn’t lose anyone fighting in the war, Uncle Les was on HMS Ajax but fortunately wasn’t onboard for the Battle of the River Plate in 1939.

HMS Exeter together with HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles made up a flotilla operating in the South Atlantic from the Falkland Islands that in December 1939 surprised and put an end to the German pocket ...

The UK Royal Navy (RN) has changed the name of the final Astute class nuclear-powered submarines to HMS Achilles. The change will be the second time the boat’s name has been switched along its pathway ...

A previous HMS Achilles, a Leander Class cruiser, was part of a Royal Navy squadron which fought the German pocket battleship Graf Spee at the battle of the River Plate off South America in December ...

A previous HMS Achilles, a Leander Class cruiser, was part of a Royal Navy squadron which fought the German pocket battleship Graf Spee at the battle of the River Plate off South America in ...

The names. The name HMS Agincourt was originally chosen for the seventh Astute-class submarine in 2018, honouring the historic Battle of Agincourt in 1415. This name holds deep significance in Royal ...

Albert served on the HMS Ajax and HMS Meynell after leaving his job at 20 as a fitter for Worthington Simpson. Albert Robb (105) pictured with his medals. ... Describing his missions on the Ajax worse ...

As such, the Royal Navy sent HMS Ajax to hunt for the Graf Spee. It led a flotilla of several vessels to South American waters and encountered the Admiral off the coast of Montevideo, Uruguay.