The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders NRG897 finally retiring in 1967

finally retiring in 1967

in terrifyingly close proximity to a certain enemy far more numberous and well equipped than themselves

Squadron Leader H G Pat Pattison

Eric 'Winkle' Brown carried out the first landing and take off by a jet aircraft on an aircraft carrier on 3rd December 1945

A scout of the French Dragoons in the uniform of the time of the Austrian Succession and Seven Years War

The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders NRG897 finally retiring in 1967DHM1240. The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders. The British Grand Fleet had been virtually unopposed for nearly a century but now there was a challenge to the throne: the German Navy. Although smaller, it had caught up fast and by the time of Jutland, had some telling advantages over the British Fleet. the plan for the battle was to lure the British Grand Fleet into a lethal trap in German waters. In the event although desperately