HMS Khartoum was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the capital of Sudan, Khartoum. Khartoum was launched on 6 February 1939. Her initial...
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HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the...
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sailed south with Convoy BS 4, the 28th Destroyer Flotilla comprising HMS Khartoum, Kimberley, Kingston and Kandahar and three sloops from the Mediterranean...
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HMS Grampus (N56) was the lead ship of her class of mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 25 February...
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RMS Lancastria (redirect from HMS Lancastria)
Lancastria was free to depart and the captain of the British destroyer HMS Havelock advised her to do so; but, without a destroyer escort as defence...
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HMS Janus K-class destroyer HMS Khartoum M-class destroyer HMS Marmion HMS Martial HMS Mary Rose HMS Matchless HMS Menace HMS Nessus HMS Nestor HMS Pasley...
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HMS Odin (N84) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928...
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HMT Juniper (redirect from HMS Juniper (T123))
Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale...
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RMS Niagara (redirect from HMS Avenger (1915))
name for North Island. The Admiralty requisitioned Aotearoa and renamed her HMS Avenger. She was completed on 14 December 1915 as an armed merchant cruiser...
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RMS Caledonia (1925) (redirect from HMS Scotstoun)
requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser and was renamed as HMS Scotstoun. She was credited with capturing the 6386-ton German tanker Biscaya...
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destroyer HMS Khartoum but was sunk in the action. A torpedo fault later the day caused a fire which led to magazine explosion and Khartoum was beached...
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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (redirect from Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum)
securing control of the Sudan, for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role...
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naval trawler Moonstone. 23 June 1940: Italian submarine Torricelli sank HMS Khartoum before being sunk by accompanying destroyers. 24 June 1940: Italian submarine...
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RMS Carinthia (1925) (redirect from HMS Carinthia)
coordinates 53°13′N 10°40′W / 53.217°N 10.667°W / 53.217; -10.667 ("HMS Carinthia torpedoed") by the German submarine U-46. The badly damaged ship...
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sailed south with Convoy BS 4, the 28th Destroyer Flotilla comprising HMS Khartoum, Kimberley, Kingston and Kandahar and three sloops from the Mediterranean...
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1941 Sunk by Italian cruiser-laid mine HMS Kashmir (F12) off Crete 23 May 1941 Sunk by German aircraft HMS Khartoum (F45) Perim 23 June 1940 Sunk by internal...
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squadron consisting of the battleship HMS Nelson, the battlecruiser HMS Renown, the aircraft carriers HMS Furious and HMS Formidable and a number of escort...
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HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the Caledon sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Alpino...
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RMS Andania (1921) (redirect from HMS Andania)
November 1939 she took up her naval duties as HMS Andania with the Northern Patrol. At 23:30 on 15 June 1940, HMS Andania was hit by a torpedo fired by the...
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Brazilian Navy HMS Hector (F45), an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal Navy HMS Khartoum (F45), a K-class frigate of the Royal Navy HMS Minerva (F45)...
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HMS Ardent was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean...
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HMS Acasta was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean...
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HMS Keith was a B-class destroyer flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was placed...
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HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class...
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HMS Orpheus (N46) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Beardmore and Company on the Clyde on 14 April 1927, launched...
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after an engagement with the British destroyers HMS Kandahar, HMS Khartoum, HMS Kingston, and sloop HMS Shoreham. The submarine was commanded by Salvatore...
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G50. She left Britain on 16 May, in company with her sisters, HMS Kandahar and HMS Khartoum. They arrived at Alexandria on 23 April, and all three were...
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HMS Havant was an H-class destroyer originally ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name Javary in the late 1930s, but was bought by the Royal Navy...
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of WORLD WAR 2 - HMS KHARTOUM - LOSS DUE TO DEFECTIVE TORPEDO AIR VESSEL, 23rd JUNE 1940, https://www.naval-history.net/xDKWDa-KhartoumLoss.htm 200 Squadron...
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Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale...
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