The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Chinese Pirates Plundering British War Graves-- Part 4: The Other Four Ships
HMS ENCOUNTER
Sunk in the Battle of Java Sea on March 1, 1942 Eight died. Eighty percent of the ship has been removed.
HMS EXETER
Sunk at the Battle of Java Sea on March 1, 1942. Loss of 40 crew members. Nothing remains of this ship.
HMS ELECTRA
Sunk three days before the HMS Encounter. Fifty-four dead. Almost half of this ship has been removed.
HMS THANET
Sank near Endau, Malaysia on January 27, 1942. It is now "broken Up."
A Horrible Thing. --GreGen
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