HMS Shropshire was a Royal Navy (RN) heavy cruiser of the London sub-class of County-class cruisers. She is the only warship to have been named after Shropshire...

HMS Salopian was a motor ship that was built in 1926 as the passenger ship Shropshire. She belonged to Bibby Line, which ran passenger and cargo services...

editor SS Shropshire, a passenger ship that became the armed merchant cruiser HMS Salopian HMS Shropshire, a County-class cruiser Shropshire sheep, a breed...

and sport at HMS Victory (1935–1937) before command of HMS Shropshire (1937–1939) and HMS Formidable (1940–1942). 1942 brought a mention in despatches...

battleship HMS Ramillies, protecting convoys of the Australian Expeditionary Force in the Indian Ocean, followed by shorter postings on HMS Kent, on HMS Shropshire...

entered the Indian Ocean from the South Atlantic. 10 February 1941: HMS Shropshire, Hermes, Hawkins, Capetown, Ceres and Kandahar formed Force T supporting...

County-class heavy cruisers of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier group of Counties (known as...

trip (Russian Convoy QP1) with the destroyer Active, cruisers HMS London and HMS Shropshire, and 11 merchantmen starting on 26 September, and arriving in...

same time, the British government announced that the heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire (a sister ship to Canberra, but of the London subclass) would be transferred...

Naval Intelligence before returning to the sea as Commanding Officer of HMS Shropshire. Made Rear Admiral, Tait was Naval Aide-de-camp to King George VI in...

station, petrol tanks at Ras Sip and the customs shed. The cruisers HMS Shropshire, Ceres and Colombo blockaded Kismayo and in the Red Sea, Pantera, Tigre...

also known as HMS Godwit) is a former Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm station, located 4 miles (6 km) South West of Market Drayton in Shropshire, England. It...

/ˈʃruːz-/ SHROOZ-) is a market town, civil parish and the county town of Shropshire, England. It is sited on the River Severn, 33 miles (53 km) northwest...

May 1945 "For gallantry, skill and devotion to duty while serving in HMS Shropshire in the successful assault operations in the Lingayen Gulf, Luzon Island...

casualties and 230 deaths are reported. February 22 – WWII: British cruiser HMS Shropshire bombards Barawa, on the coast between Kismayo and Mogadishu. February...

head north-west at high speed but Hawke failed to acknowledge the signal. HMS Swift, an extremely fast destroyer, was sent from Scapa Flow to investigate...

escort, in company with HMS Shropshire, HMS Auckland and HMS Flamingo. She was detached on 14 September. On 20 October she joined HMS Leander and five sloops...

HMS Talent is the sixth of seven Trafalgar-class nuclear submarines operated by the Royal Navy from 1990 until 2022. It was built at Barrow-in-Furness...

28 July 1937 he was appointed Executive Officer of the heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire in the Mediterranean Fleet, remaining there until receiving promotion...

carrier: HMS Triumph, HMS Ocean, HMS Theseus, HMS Glory, HMS Unicorn, HMS Warrior Cruiser: Belfast, HMS Jamaica, HMS Ceylon, HMS Kenya, HMS Newcastle, HMS Birmingham...

Menelaus failed on 1 May. The Royal Navy now sent the heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire and two AMCs to track her down. Nevertheless, Michel sank the Norse...

Commonwealth forces. Williams was born at Stanton Lacy near Ludlow in Shropshire, England, son of William and his wife Elizabeth Williams. He was raised...

Government approved the transfer of HMS Shropshire to the RAN as a replacement, and the ship was commissioned as HMAS Shropshire on 20 April 1943. Between 23...

the parallel Operation Strength with the heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire and the destroyers HMS Matabele, Punjabi and Somali. Strength delivered the personnel...

Strength (30 August – 14 September) with the heavy cruiser Shropshire and the destroyers HMS Matabele, Punjabi and Somali, protected by the Dervish covering...

kit, and six tons of equipment, through France to Marseilles, where HMS Shropshire would take them to Alexandria. There they were issued with passports...

HMAT Shropshire (His Majesty's Australian Transport), originally SS Shropshire, was a 11,911-ton vessel, built by John Brown and Company in Clydebank...

corvette 09 Jul 1941 12 Jul 1941 HMS Rhododendron (K78)  Royal Navy Flower-class corvette 09 Jul 1941 12 Jul 1941 HMS Shropshire (73)  Royal Navy County-class...

officer also served as the Royal Navy liaison officer to the Soviet Navy. HMS Lady Shirley was a fishing trawler requisitioned by the Royal Navy in 1940...

Lloyd Triestino, Trieste. On 14 February 1941, she was captured by HMS Shropshire. At the time, Leonardo da Vinci was at Kismayu, Italian Somaliland....