Hms Dido Association

Hms Dido (eBook, ePUB)

The End of an Era

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The complete and concise history of a ship that served through World War II and became known as the Luckiest Ship in the Fleet as she was damaged only once by enemy action. The people of Bolton, a town in the north of England, collected 1.2m in one week of 1937, known as Warship Week. This was donated for the completion of HMS Dido. During her service, she gained battle honours at Crete, Sirte, Anzio, Salerno, South of France, Sicily and the Malta convoys. At the end of the war, not only did she fire the last shot of the war, but was also instrumental in accepting the surrender of the German Navy at Copenhagen in 1945. She carried the late queen mother to the Isle of Man, represented the Royal Navy at the funeral of King Christian of Denmark. Finally, she was the flagship of the reserve fleet at Queen Elizabeth IIs coronation revue of 1953.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse UK
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781496992000
• Artikelnr.: 52593448

Autorenporträt

Tom Ashton, the author, spent over twenty years researching and interviewing crewmembers of HMS Dido. At the first reunion of the HMS Dido Association, the association formed for crewmembers of both the cruiser and the frigate, Tom passed the research material on to Colin Bates, the founder of the association. The story of Dido is a unique and interesting story. The first Dido served in the Royal Navy in 1784. There have been a further six Didos, albeit one laid down in 1861 was cancelled two years later before launching. The last being sold to the New Zealand Navy in 1983 and being renamed HMNZS Southland. Each Dido made her own mark on history. From Captain Henry Keppel for the suppresion of piracy in Borneo, to accompanying Queen Elizabeth II in 1973 for the opening of Sydney Opera House.