HMS Edinburgh, one of the Royal Navy's most advanced cruisers, sank to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean carrying an unusual ...

The temperature had dropped to 29 degrees below, and the steel handrails on the exterior of HMS Edinburgh were covered in blankets to stop any reckless hands freezing to them. IT WAS just after 4pm.

HMS Edinburgh, flying the flag of Rear- Admiral Stuart Bonham-Carter, was providing strong support in close proximity to convoy QP1 1 of 17 ships which left the Kola lnlet for the UK on 28 April 1942.

In May 1942, HMS Edinburgh - one of the Royal Navy's mot advanced cruisers - sank to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean. On board was one of the strangest cargos of the Second World War: Millions of ...

A service will be held today to mark the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Edinburgh which was struck by a German U-Boat as she carried home £71m worth of Russian gold.

A KEY piece of the Capital’s maritime history is to be lost after the Royal Navy announced the sale of HMS Edinburgh. News you can trust since 1873. Sign In. Subscribe.

While the MoD said that HMS Edinburgh’s illustrious name would merely be mothballed until a ship of similar ... warship to bear the name was the cruiser built in 1939 which played a major part ...

HMS Echo pays tribute to heroes of World War II's Operation Dervish. The Royal Navy survey ship was in the Barents Sea to inspect the wreck of one lost Second World War cruiser and find another.

HMS Edinburgh, flying the flag of ... Despite the list, the cruiser's "S" turret continued to fire on local control with Captain Faulkner shouting down the bearings of the German destroyers, ...