The Italian ship Ramb I was a pre-war "banana boat" converted to an auxiliary cruiser in World War II. Ramb I operated as an armed merchant in the Red...

ships all built to the same design. The other ships were the Ramb I, the Ramb II, and the Ramb IV. The four ships were built for the Royal Banana Monopoly...

ship action between the British cruiser HMS Leander and the Italian ship Ramb I, an auxiliary cruiser. It began when Leander ordered an un-flagged freighter...

boats as merchant raiders during World War II (Ramb I, Ramb II, Ramb III and Ramb IV). Only Ramb I and Ramb II served as merchant raiders and neither ship...

The Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb II was a pre-war banana boat built at Monfalcone by the CRDA in 1937. She briefly served as an auxiliary cruiser with...

ship Eritrea and the auxiliary cruisers Ramb I and Ramb II broke out and sailed to Kobe, Japan. While Ramb I was sunk by the Royal New Zealand Navy cruiser...

ships all built to the same design. The other ships were the Ramb I, Ramb II, and the Ramb III. The four ships were built for the Royal Banana Monopoly...

supply ships or escorts. All of them mounted two 4.7 in (120 mm) guns. Ramb I - Lost on 27 February 1941 in battle with cruiser HMNZS Leander in the Indian...

auxiliary cruiser Ramb I (3,667 GRT) and the German Coburg (7,400 GRT) departed, followed by Ramb II on 22 February. On 27 February, Ramb I was caught by...

In action on 27 February 1941, she sank the Italian armed merchantman Ramb I near the Maldives, rescuing 113 of her crew and taking slight damage. On...

Action of 27 February 1941, HMS Leander sank the Italian merchant raider Ramb I west of the Maldives. 1 March 1941: Five Fairey Albacore from HMS Formidable...

cruiser Ramb I had escaped the destruction of the Red Sea Flotilla and sailed for Japanese-controlled territory. HMNZS Leander engaged and sank Ramb I; most...

World War II (Great Britain) Rawalpindi – World War II (Great Britain) Ramb I – World War II (Italy) Aikoku Maru – World War II (Japan) Prince David –...

the auxiliary cruisers, Ramb I and Ramb II, were to operate as commerce raiders. As British troops neared the port, Ramb I and Coburg (7,400 GRT), a...

escorted convoys. In February 1941, Leander sank the Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I in the Indian Ocean. In 1943, after serving further time in the Mediterranean...

Division cruiser HMS Leander (1931) sinks Italian armed merchant raider Ramb I off the Maldives. March 1 WWII: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, thus...

marginally affected by the Second World War. The Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I was sunk off Addu Atoll in 1941. In March 1944, the German submarine U-183...

Another cruiser, HMNZS Leander, destroyed the Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I off the Maldives on 27 February 1941. The New Zealand Division of the Royal...

1941 – New Zealand cruiser HMNZS Leander sinks Italian merchant raider Ramb I 2–8 March Convoy OB 293 – 3 ships and 2 U-boats sunk in North Atlantic 4...

Castle. 1941, February 27 – HMNZS Leander sinks Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I in the Action of 27 February 1941, a brief engagement off the Maldives....

launched on 18 May 1916. The ship's main armament consisted of two BL 15 in Mk I naval guns in a single forward turret. Terror's turret had previously been...

HMS Dainty, Huntingdon, HMS Terror 25 Feb: Armando Diaz, HMS Exmoor 27 Feb: Ramb I 28 Feb: Persier Other incidents 14 Feb: Savoia 25 Feb: L'Espoir 1940 1941...

ships all built to the same design: the other ships were the Ramb I, the Ramb III, and the Ramb IV. The four ships were built for the Royal Banana Monopoly...

surveyor and his direct superior—and told him "I should imagine that 300 cases have gone out of her. That, I believe, is a conservative estimate." He also...

bombardments and escorted convoys, and sank the Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I. After serving in the Mediterranean she returned to the Pacific in 1943...

atomic bomb within her hull in Operation Hurricane, a British nuclear test. Ramb I  Regia Marina 27 February 1941 An auxiliary cruiser that was sunk by HMNZS Leander...

tn of bananas were transported to Italy by the four RAMB ships ("Ramb I, "Ramb II", "Ramb III","Ramb IV") and 3 other cargo ships (the "Capitan Cecchi"...

largely put down. Action of 27 February 1941: The Italian auxiliary cruiser Ramb I was sunk off Maldives by the New Zealand light cruiser HMNZS Leander. The...

HMS Dainty, Huntingdon, HMS Terror 25 Feb: Armando Diaz, HMS Exmoor 27 Feb: Ramb I 28 Feb: Persier Other incidents 14 Feb: Savoia 25 Feb: L'Espoir 1940 1941...

Spezia, and named after Armando Diaz, an Italian Field Marshal of World War I. She was launched on 29 April 1933 and served in the Mediterranean after her...