“What’s that battleship over there? I thought ours were miles away,” asked the British officer eating a sandwich on the bridge of the light cruiser HMS Orion. He was right. The battleship wasn’t ...

Left to Right- Paymaster-Commander Williams and Surgeon-Commander Sorley on the Quarterdeck HMS Barham — Battle of Matapan The following are extracts from censored letters written from the Barham by ...

Location: Cape Matapan, off the southern coast of Greece. Players: British and Italian navies, Admiral AB Cunningham, Vice Admiral Pridham-Wippwell. Outcome: The Italian navy was defeated and did not ...

Within three minutes, two Italian ships had been destroyed and Philip Mountbatten had made his mark. Ironically the World War II Battle of Cape Matapan took place off the coast of Greece, where Prince ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Duke of Edinburgh was mentioned in despatches for his service during the Second World War. He was a midshipman aboard HMS ...